Fousseni Diabaté
Diabaté playing for Leicester City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Fousseni Diabaté[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995[2]
Place of birth Aubervilliers, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Lausanne-Sport
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2011 Rennes
2011–2014 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Reims II 11 (1)
2015–2017 Guingamp II 49 (12)
2017–2018 Gazélec Ajaccio 18 (3)
2018–2020 Leicester City 15 (0)
2019 → Sivasspor (loan) 17 (2)
2019–2020 → Amiens (loan) 20 (1)
2020–2022 Trabzonspor 6 (0)
2021 → Göztepe (loan) 18 (3)
2021–2022 → Giresunspor (loan) 34 (6)
2022–2023 Partizan 32 (2)
2023– Lausanne-Sport 12 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U20 6 (0)
2016 Mali U23 3 (0)
2023– Mali 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2015 New ZealandU-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:20, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Fousseni Diabaté (born 18 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team.

Club career

Diabaté was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis.[1] He was at the youth academy at Stade Rennais for seven years before being kicked out, and thereafter joined Stade de Reims.[4] He played for the reserves of En Avant de Guingamp before joining Gazélec Ajaccio on 20 June 2017.[5] He made his professional debut with Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes FC on 28 July 2017, assisting his side's only goal.[6]

On 13 January 2018, Diabaté moved to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.[7] Two weeks later, he made his debut for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round match against Peterborough United and scored twice in a 5–1 win.[8]

He joined Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.[9]

On 25 September 2020, Diabaté joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.[10]

On 7 July 2022, it was announced that Diabaté signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Partizan being handed the #18 shirt. Diabaté made his debut on 23 July against TSC in a 0–0 draw; he came into the game in the 57th minute as a sub for Nikola Terzić.[11] On 11 August, Diabaté made his second appearance in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, a 2–2 home draw against AEK Larnaca. He provided two assists for Ricardo Gomes,[12] Diabaté scored the first goal in a 4–1 win over Ħamrun Spartans in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.[13]

In the group stage, Diabaté played in all six games and scored four goals.[14][15][16] Diabaté scored his debut goal in the SuperLiga on the road against Napredak. Diabaté made a sudden attempt, the ball caught Dejan Kerkez on the way to the goal and outwitted the helpless Nikola Petrić.[17]

On 7 September 2023, Diabaté signed a two-year contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.[18]

International career

Diabaté made one appearance for the Mali U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in a 2–0 loss to the Serbia U20s,[19] as well as 5 games at the 2015 African U-20 Championship.[20][21][22][23] He also appeared for the Mali U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2023[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stade Reims II 2013–14[26] CFA 2 111———00111
Guingamp II 2015–16[27] CFA 2 234———00234
2016–17[28] CFA 2 268———00268
Total 4912000000004912
Guingamp 2016–17 Ligue 1 001010—0020
Gazélec Ajaccio 2017–18[29] Ligue 2 1831220—00215
Leicester City 2017–18[29] Premier League 1402200—00162
2018–19[29] Premier League 100020—0030
Total 15022200000192
Sivasspor (loan) 2018–19 Süper Lig 17200——00172
Amiens (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 2011030—00241
Trabzonspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 6010——0070
Göztepe (loan) 2021 Süper Lig 18300——00183
Giresunspor (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 34600——00346
Partizan 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 32210—12500457
Lausanne-Sport 2023–24 Swiss Super League 12020——00140
Career total 2273094801250026139

International

As of match played on 20 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 202340
Total40

References

  1. 1 2 "Fousseni Diabate". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fousseni Diabaté: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Fousseni Diabaté". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Fousseni Diabaté, à charge de revanche".
  5. ↑ "L2 – Diabate Fousseni rejoint le GFCA – Gazélec Ajaccio". 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino's Ligue 2 – Saison 2017/2018 – 1ère journée – Valenciennes FC / Gazélec FC Ajaccio". www.lfp.fr.
  7. ↑ "Leicester City: Fousseni Diabate joins Foxes from Gazelec Ajaccio". BBC Sport. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Law, James (27 January 2018). "Peterborough United 1–5 Leicester City". BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Leicester's Diabate joins Sivasspor on loan". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Fousseni Diabaté Joins Trabzonspor On Permanent Deal". Leicester City F.C. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Diabaté makes his debut at Partizan". Soccerway.com. 23 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Partizan vs. Aek Larnaca". Soccerway.com. 11 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Partizan vs. Ħamrun Spartans". Soccerway.com. 18 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Diabaté score twice in (Uherské Hradiště)". Soccerway.com. 8 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Equalizing goal against Nice". Soccerway.com. 15 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "15th minute opener against Koln". Soccerway.com. 13 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "NAPREDAK VS. PARTIZAN 0 - 1". Soccerway.com. 5 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "FOUSSENI DIABATÉ EST LAUSANNOIS !" [FOUSSENI DIABATÉ IS AT LAUSANNE!] (in French). Lausanne-Sport. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  19. ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – Matches – Serbia-Mali – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015.
  20. ↑ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". cafonline.com.
  21. ↑ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". cafonline.com.
  22. ↑ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". cafonline.com.
  23. ↑ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". cafonline.com.
  24. ↑ "Officiel : La liste des joueurs retenus pour le Tournoi de Toulon ! – Malifootball". 19 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "F. Diabaté". soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  29. 1 2 3 "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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