Drissa Diakite

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Drissa Diakite (born February 18, 1985) is a Malian football player who, as of 2006 was playing for OGC Nice.

He was part of the Mali U-20 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round. He has previously played for Djoliba AC (Mali) and MC Alger (Algeria).

March 2007 the Mali star was linked with £3.5 Million moves to Newcastle United, Everton and Real Zaragoza he has been labelled as a half and half of Patrick Vieira and Ze Roberto

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