Pape Maly Diamanka
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pape Maly Diamanka | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
US Gorée | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | US Gorée | ||
2010–2013 | Rayo B | 44 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Rayo Vallecano | 7 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Sestao | 33 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Leganés | 28 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Zaragoza | 25 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Almería | 17 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Numancia | 66 | (11) |
2019–2021 | Girona | 23 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Albacete (loan) | 27 | (2) |
National team | |||
2011 | Senegal U23 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2021 |
Pape Maly Diamanka (born 10 January 1990) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Club career[]
Born in Dakar, Diamanka began his career with local US Gorée. In February 2010 he joined Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División and being a regular in his first full season, starting in 23 games and completing 20 as the Madrid outskirts team retained their Segunda División B status.
On 13 June 2011, Diamanka renewed his contract with Rayo with a €6 million buyout clause, also being promoted to the main squad for the 2011–12 campaign.[1] He spent several months on the sidelines, because of bureaucratic problems.[2]
Diamanka made his official debut on 8 January 2012, playing 32 minutes as a substitute in the 2–1 La Liga home win against Sevilla FC.[3] On 23 August, he moved on a season-long loan to Norway's Vålerenga Fotball with the option for a permanent deal.[4]
After being released by Rayo, Diamanka moved to Salamanca AC but, after the club failed to play in any division, he joined Sestao River Club on 26 August 2013.[5] On 18 July of the following year he signed for CD Leganés, newly promoted to Segunda División.[6]
Diamanka scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2014, netting his team's first in a 2–2 home draw against Racing de Santander.[7] On 29 June 2015 he terminated his link, and signed a three-year deal with Real Zaragoza also in the second tier.[8]
On 22 July 2016, after 15 starts and 1,334 minutes of action, Diamanka terminated his contract[9] and agreed to a two-year deal with UD Almería of the same league just hours later.[10] On 10 August of the following year, after again being sparingly used, he moved to CD Numancia still in division two, as a free agent.[11]
On 5 July 2019, Diamanka agreed to a three-year contract at Girona FC, recently relegated to the second division.[12] On 29 September of the following year, he was loaned to fellow league team Albacete Balompié.[13]
On 27 August 2021, Diamanka terminated his contract with the Catalans.[14]
International career[]
Diamanka represented Senegal at various youth levels. In August 2011 he was called up by the senior team for a friendly with Morocco in Dakar,[15] but eventually did not make his debut.
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rayo Vallecano B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
2011–12 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2012–13 | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Rayo Vallecano | 2011–12 | La Liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2012–13 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Vålerenga (loan) | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Sestao | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Leganés | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Real Zaragoza | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
Almería | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Numancia | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 3 |
2018–19 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | ||
Total | 66 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 71 | 12 | ||
Career totals | 216 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 222 | 19 |
References[]
- ^ Diamanka renueva su contrato con el Rayo Vallecano (Diamanka renews contract with Rayo Vallecano); Rayo Herald, 13 June 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Diamanka ya puede jugar con el Rayo Vallecano (Diamanka cleared to play with Rayo Vallecano); Mundo Deportivo, 5 January 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Reyes fails to shine; ESPN Soccernet, 8 January 2012
- ^ "Her signerer Diamanka" [Signing of Diamanka] (in Norwegian). VIF Fotball. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "El Sestao ficha al senegalés Diamanka, que jugó siete partidos con el Rayo" [Sestao sign Senegalese Diamanka, who played seven matches with Rayo] (in Spanish). El Correo. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Diamanka, potencia y llegada para el centro del campo" [Diamanka, power and presence for the midfield] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "El Leganés evita el primer triunfo de los cántabros justo al final" [Leganés deny the Cantabrians' first triumph right in the end] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Pape Maly Diamanka, segunda incorporación del Real Zaragoza 2015/2016" [Pape Maly Diamanka, second addition of Real Zaragoza 2015/2016] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Acuerdo con Pape Diamanka para la rescisión de su contrato con el Real Zaragoza" [Agreement with Pape Diamanka for the termination of his contract with Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "El Almería ficha al centrocampista Diamanka y al central Alex Quintanilla" [Almería sign midfielder Diamanka and stopper Alex Quintanilla] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "El centrocampista senegalés Diamanka ficha por el Numancia" [Senegalese midfielder Diamanka signs for Numancia] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Pape Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Girona FC" [Pape Diamanka, new player of Girona FC] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Diamanka, cedit a l'Albacete" [Diamanka, loaned to Albacete] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Diamanka es desvincula del Girona" [Diamanka leaves Girona] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Senegal call up Mbaye Niang for friendly Archived 11 July 2012 at archive.today; African Soccer Weebly, 3 August 2011
- ^ Pape Maly Diamanka at Soccerway
- ^ "Pape Diamanka". Worldfootball. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
External links[]
- Pape Maly Diamanka at BDFutbol
- Pape Maly Diamanka at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Pape Maly Diamanka at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dakar
- Senegalese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Rayo Vallecano B players
- Rayo Vallecano players
- Sestao River footballers
- CD Leganés players
- Real Zaragoza players
- UD Almería players
- CD Numancia players
- Girona FC players
- Albacete Balompié players
- Eliteserien players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- 2011 CAF U-23 Championship players
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway