Lamine Diatta

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Lamine Diatta

Full name	Lamine Diatta
Date of birth	July 2, 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 32)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–1999 1999 1999–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008	Toulouse FC Olympique Marseille Stade Rennais Olympique Lyonnais St. Étienne Beşiktaş J.K. Newcastle United	025 0(0) 000 0(0) 129 (11) 030 0(0) 025 0(1) 006 0(0) 002 0(0)
National team²
2000–2008	Senegal	040 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 26 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 00:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lamine Diatta (born July 2, 1975 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays as a defender yet is not attached to any club after being released by Newcastle United. Diatta moved to France when he was only 1 year old. He is the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence, and is also tough in the air, which provides a threat in attacking set-pieces. He was also Senegal's captain.

Diatta played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Before moving to Olympique Lyon in 2004, Diatta played 142 games for Stade Rennais, scoring 9 goals in that time. Before his time at Rennes, he was at Marseille, but never actually played a game for them. Diatta's first club was Toulouse FC. He spent one season there and played 25 games without scoring. In his first year (2004/2005) with Lyon he played 19 games. During his second year (2005/2006) at Lyon, he was troubled with injury and only makes 13 appearances also without goals. On August 2006, he left Lyon on free transfer in search for regular team football, settling at St. Étienne. He has also played 40 games for his national side, scoring three goals.

On March 7, 2008, after a week's trial at Newcastle United, Diatta agreed a short term deal until the end of the season after buying out his contract at Beşiktaş J.K..^[1] The deal was finally confirmed by the club on March 14 after a week of confusion.^[2]

On April 5, 2008 he made his first team début for Newcastle as a substitute in the Premier League match against Reading, though he was released on May 15.

[edit] Honours

Winner of French Ligue 1 championship in 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.

[edit] References

^ "Magpies seal Diatta deal", Sky Sports, 2008-03-07. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
^ "Diatta Determined To Help Toon Fight", Newcastle United, 2008-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.

v • d • e Senegal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 Sarr • 4 Malick Diop • 5 N'Dour • 6 Cissé • 7 H. Camara • 8 Traoré • 9 S. Camara • 10 Fadiga • 11 Diouf • 12 Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Moussa N'Diaye • 15 Diao • 16 Diallo • 17 Coly • 18 Thiaw • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 S. N'Diaye • 21 Beye • 22 Cissokho • 23 Makhtar N'Diaye • Coach: Metsu