Oumar Diaby
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Date of birth | 7 February 1990 | |||||||||
Place of birth | Bayonne, France | |||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
1998–2003 | Bayonne | |||||||||
2003-2007 | Real Sociedad | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2003–2009 | Real Sociedad B | |||||||||
2009–2010 | Châteauroux B | |||||||||
2010–2011 | Genêts Anglet | 32 | (5) | |||||||
2011–2012 | Agde | 13 | (1) | |||||||
2012–2015 | VSS Košice | 67 | (13) | |||||||
2015 | Levski Sofia | 11 | (1) | |||||||
2016 | Hamilton Academical | 6 | (0) | |||||||
2018–2019 | Balma | 14 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2019 |
Oumar Diaby (born 7 February 1990) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. After developing at Real Sociedad in Spain, he has featured for clubs in his native country as well as in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Scotland.
Career[]
Diaby was the first French player to move to the Real Sociedad academy at the age of 12 in 2002, which paved the way for other French players, including Antoine Griezmann.
In October 2012, he signed a three-year contract with MFK Košice. He made his debut for Košice against Dukla Banská Bystrica on 1 December 2012.[1]
He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in February 2016.[2] He spoke about his problems with racism while he was playing in Slovakia and Bulgaria.[3] In May 2016 it was announced that he would leave Hamilton at the end of the 2015–16 season.[4]
After taking a break from football, in 2018 Diaby signed for amateurs Balma, based on the outskirts of Toulouse where his partner was studying.[5]
References[]
- ^ DUKLA VS. KOŠICE 1 - 2 12 December 2012, soccerway.com
- ^ "Hamilton sign Oumar Diaby after Levski Sofia exit". BBC Sport. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Hamilton's Oumar Diaby glad to escape racist fans". BBC Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Trio released by Hamilton as they eye Carlton Morris return". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Nat.3 – Il a choisi de nous rejoindre: Oumar Diaby" [Nat.3 - He chose to join us: Oumar Diaby]. Balma SC. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
External links[]
- MFK Košice profile
- Corgoň Liga profile
- Oumar Diaby at Soccerway
- Eurofotbal profile
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- 1990 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- Sportspeople from Bayonne
- French-Basque people
- French people of Malian descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Association football forwards
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- LB Châteauroux players
- Genêts Anglet players
- RCO Agde players
- FC VSS Košice players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Balma SC players
- Slovak Super Liga players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Slovakia
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- French football forward, 1990s birth stubs