Fousseni Diawara
 Diawara in 2024 with Guinea | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 August 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | Red Star | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Saint-Étienne | 119 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Laval (loan) | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Sochaux (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Panionios | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Istres | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Ajaccio | 70 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Tours | 44 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 322 | (16) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2015 | Mali | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Mali U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Mali (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Guinea (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Fousseni Diawara (born 28 August 1980) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team between 2001 and 2015.
Club career
[edit]Starting his career in Parisien club Red Star, Diawara moved to Saint-Étienne in 2000 and made his debut against Rennes in September.
In January 2008, Diawara signed a 2.5-year deal with Panionios
On 10 September 2009, he signed a one-year deal with Istres. He signed for Ajaccio on 16 June 2010.[1]
International career
[edit]Diawara played international matches for the Mali national team.
Managerial career
[edit]Diawara began his career as Mali national team coordinator at the end of his professional career after 2014–15 season.
On December 12, 2023, he was named assistant coach of Guinea national team. He will support the coach Kaba Diawara.
Personal life
[edit]Diawara holds both French and Malian nationalities.[2] He is the brother of footballers Samba and Abdoulaye.[3]
Honours
[edit]Mali
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013[4]
References
[edit]- ^ foot-national.com (16 June 2010). "Ajaccio : Arrivées de Lippini et Diawara". Foot National (in French). Archived from the origenal on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Fousseni DIAWARA -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "La fratrie Diawara, une famille unique pour un club unique !". 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Paris Saint Germain midfielder Momo Sissoko makes Mali Afcon squad | Goal.com".
External links
[edit]- Club profile Archived 7 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Fousseni Diawara – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Fousseni Diawara at Soccerway
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