Souleymane Diawara

Souleymane Diawara

Diawara with Marseille
Personal information
Full name	Souleymane Diawara
Date of birth	(1978-12-24) 24 December 1978
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Nice
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2003	Le Havre	104	(2)
2003–2006	Sochaux	84	(4)
2006–2007	Charlton Athletic	23	(0)
2007–2009	Bordeaux	63	(2)
2009–2014	Marseille	154	(9)
2014–	Nice	14	(0)
National team‡
2002–	Senegal	48	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 20, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 29, 2012

Souleymane Diawara (born 24 December 1978) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for OGC Nice and the Senegal national team.

Career

Diawara began his career at Havre AC first two seasons in Ligue 1 before the club was relegated. It remains to Le Havre until 2003, before signing the FC Sochaux.

On November 19, 2002, he made his debut with the Senegalese national team against South Africa in a friendly match.

In 2006, he was transferred to Charlton Athletic. The following year he joined Bordeaux to strengthen the central defense with Marc Planus. Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Côte d'Ivoire, due to a breach of discipline.^[1]

In July 2009, he signed a four year contract with Olympique de Marseille, with the transfer fee estimated at 7 million euros.

On August 8, he participated in his first game for his new club against Grenoble, which Marseille won 2–0.

On April 23, 2011, Marseille won the Coupe de la Ligue for the second consecutive year. Souleymane Diawara thereby became the player holding the record for most Coupe de la Ligue trophies, having won his first with Sochaux in 2004, his second with Bordeaux and his third and fourth trophies with Marseille.

Honours

Club

Sochaux

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2003–04

Bordeaux

• Ligue 1: 2008–09
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2008–09
• Trophée des Champions (2): 2008, 2009

Marseille

• Ligue 1: 2009–10
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2009–10, 2010–11
• Trophée des Champions: 2010

References

Senegal squads Senegal squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 Faye 4 Malick Diop 5 Diawara 6 Cissé 7 Camara 8 N'Diaye 9 Kamara 10 Sakho 11 Diouf 12 Mendy 13 Diatta 14 N'Doye 15 Diao 16 Diallo 17 Coly 18 Niang 19 Bouba Diop 20 Diagne-Faye 21 Beye 22 Cissokho Coach: Stéphan Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 N'Daw 4 Diakhaté 5 Diawara 6 Barry 7 H. Camara 8 Niang 9 S. Camara 10 Ba 11 E. Diouf 12 A. Faye 13 Diatta 14 Mendy 15 Kamara 16 M. Diouf 17 Coly 18 Dramé 19 Bouba Diop 20 Diagne-Faye 21 Beye 22 N'Diaye 23 Djiba Coach: Sarr Senegal squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva 2 Sonko 3 N'Daw 4 Sarr 5 Diawara 6 I. Faye 7 Camara 8 Niang 9 Gueye 10 N'Doye 11 Diouf 12 Bayal Sall 13 Diatta 14 Papa Waigo 15 Kamara 16 C. N'Diaye 17 Sougou 18 Mendy 19 Bouba Diop 20 Diagne-Faye 21 Beye 22 Ba 23 Coundoul Coach: Kasperczak (L. N'Diaye) Senegal squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Coundoul 2 Gomis 3 Sané 4 Diakhaté 5 Diawara 6 Mangane 7 Sow 8 Niang 9 Camara 10 Dia 11 N'Doye 12 Bayal Sall 13 Faty 14 D. N'Diaye 15 Cissé 16 K. N'Diaye 17 Daf 18 N'Daw 19 Ba 20 Armand Traoré 21 Diamé 22 M'Bengue 23 P. L. N'Diaye Coach: Amara Traoré