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Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994)

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Not to be confused with Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1979).

Boubacar Diarra
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Diarra[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)
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

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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

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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

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Club

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As of 3 July 2020.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Belgian First Division A play-offs

International

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As of 27 October 2018.[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali
2014 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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TP Mazembe[2]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Boubacar Diarra profile". Soccerway. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Boubacar Diarra". World Football. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Boubacar Diarra avec les Espoirs du Mali". TP Mazembe. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Diarra declined to extend with TPM". TP Mazembe. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Boubacar Diarra tekende bij Lierse". Lierse S.K. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  7. ^ "OH Leuven vs. Lierse". Soccerway. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ^ "رسمياً..الهلال يكمل الاتفاق مع مهاجم كنغولي ومدافع مالي". SNN. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  9. ^ "ديارا أول صفقات نجران الأجنبية". Alwatan. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  10. ^ "اللاعب: بوباكار ديارا". Kooora. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ "برازيلي يدعم نجران". arriyadiyah. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "We also signed Malian International midfielder Boubacar Diarra". NEROCA. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. ^ "NEROCA FC complete signing of six foreigners for forthcoming I-League season". Goal. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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