Abdoulaye Diarra

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Abdoulaye Diarra
Personal information
Full nameAbdoulaye Diarra
Date of birth12 October 1986
Place of birthDivo, Côte d'Ivoire
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Bihor Oradea
Youth career
2001–2002ACD Valnure
2002–2006Internazionale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007Internazionale0(0)
2007Maribor (loan)7(0)
2007–2008Maribor1(0)
2008–2010Bohemians Prague2(0)
2008–2009→ SK Viktorie Jirny (loan)
2010–2011UTA Arad19(0)
2011–FC Bihor Oradea
National team
2007Côte d'Ivoire U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Abdoulaye Diarra (born 12 October 1986 in Divo) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for UTA Arad, as Attacking Midfielder or Forward.

Club career

Internazionale

At age 14, Diarra arrived in Italy.[1] He began his career in Italy with Associazone Calcio Dilettanti Valnure Podenzano Vigolzone Bettola[2] and was in July 2002 scouted from Internazionale. After five years with F.C. Internazionale Milano, in January 2007 on loan to NK Maribor until 30 June 2007 as part of Rene Krhin deal.[3] He played at both legs of UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 first round which is on 24 and 30 June.[4]

As part of the deal of David Suazo, he was transferred to Cagliari in July 2007, along with Robert Acquafresca.[5][6] Few weeks later he signed a 2-year deal with Maribor.[7]

Bohemians Prague

On 1 July 2008 he was signed by Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague.[8] In 2008–09 season he left on loan to SK Viktorie Jirny of Czech Republic Fourth Division Divize B (Group B), along with Mayola Biboko.[9][10] He played two league match and 1 cup match before left on loan.

UTA

In September 2010 he was signed by UTA Arad.[11]

International career

He was call-up to Côte d'Ivoire U23 team in 2007.[12]

References

  1. "Diarra: "If they say black, I say white"". Internazionale. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. "Transfer List summer 2002" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Calcio. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2007.
  3. "Slovenian U17 player for academy". Internazionale. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  4. "UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  5. "Deposito Trasferimenti Calciatori – Stagione Sportiva 2007/2008" (in Italian). Lega Calcio. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.
  6. "Academy: one player in, three out". Internazionale. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  7. "Profile at Maribor (2006–07)" (in Slovenian). Maribor. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  8. "Abdoulayde Diarra". Idnes. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  9. "Abdoulaye Diarra" (in Czech). SK Viktorie Jirny. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  10. "Biboko a Diarra odcházejí z Bohemians do Jiren" (in Czech). Slovácký deník. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  11. "Claudiu Dragan a semnat cu UTA" (in Romanian). FC UTA. 22 September 2010.
  12. "Vijoličasti v Poreču" (in Slovenian). Maribor. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

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