Personal information | |||
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Full name | Boubacar Diarra[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Horoya AC | ||
Youth career | |||
AS Revenant | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | AS Korofina | ||
2013–2016 | TP Mazembe | ||
2016 | Club Africain | 13 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Wadi Degla | ||
2017–2018 | Lierse | 16 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Al-Hilal Club | ||
2019 | Najran | ||
2019 | NEROCA FC | 12 | (4) |
2020– | Horoya AC | ||
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Mali U23 | ||
2014– | Mali | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC) |
Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC.[2]
Club career
[edit]Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and AS Korofina, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join Linafoot team TP Mazembe.[4][5] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League.[2] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 outfit Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016.[2][5] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League.[2] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse.[6]
He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven.[7] In October 2018, Diarra joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club.[8] A move to Saudi Arabia and Najran of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League occurred on 26 June 2019.[9] However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to I-League club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract.[10][11][12][13] He netted goals against Chennai City, East Bengal, TRAU and Real Kashmir across 2019–20.[2]
International career
[edit]Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level.[2][4] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[2] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 3 July 2020.[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lierse | 2016–17 | First Division B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 8[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
NEROCA | 2019–20 | I-League | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
Career total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Belgian First Division A play-offs
International
[edit]- As of 27 October 2018.[2]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | |||
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]- TP Mazembe[2]
- Linafoot (2): 2013, 2013–14
- CAF Champions League: 2015
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Boubacar Diarra profile". Soccerway. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Boubacar Diarra". World Football. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Boubacar Diarra avec les Espoirs du Mali". TP Mazembe. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Diarra declined to extend with TPM". TP Mazembe. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Boubacar Diarra tekende bij Lierse". Lierse S.K. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "OH Leuven vs. Lierse". Soccerway. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "رسمياً..الهلال يكمل الاتفاق مع مهاجم كنغولي ومدافع مالي". SNN. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "ديارا أول صفقات نجران الأجنبية". Alwatan. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "اللاعب: بوباكار ديارا". Kooora. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "برازيلي يدعم نجران". arriyadiyah. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "We also signed Malian International midfielder Boubacar Diarra". NEROCA. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "NEROCA FC complete signing of six foreigners for forthcoming I-League season". Goal. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Boubacar Diarra at Soccerway