Souleymane_Diamouténé
Souleymane Diamouténé
Malian footballer
Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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 Diamouténé during the 2019–20 season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Souleymane Adama Diamouténé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Sikasso, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Djoliba AC | |||
| Udinese | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Lucchese | 27 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Perugia (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2004–2012 | Lecce | 144 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Roma (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Bari (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Pescara (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2012 | Levski Sofia | 15 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Lupa Roma | 13 | (1) |
| 2015 | Fidelis Andria | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Pescara | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Gżira United | 36 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Igea Virtus | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Real Giulianova | 20 | (2) |
| Total | 322 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Mali[1] | 46 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout.[2] He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad for a few months between 1999 and 2000, without being officially signed.[citation needed] After a friendly against Pisa, he was spotted by Francesco D'Arrigo, the head coach of the nerazzurri, who successfully signed him with his next club, Serie C1's Lucchese.[citation needed] Diamouténé spent two seasons with Lucchese, and in 2003 he was signed by Perugia.
In 2004, Diamouténé joined U.S. Lecce, becoming a mainstay of the salentini under coach Zdenek Zeman. He played two seasons in Serie A (2004–05, 2005–06) and two in Serie B (2006–07, 2007–08). He was confirmed with Lecce for the 2008–09 season, the first one back in the top flight for his club, but in January 2009, he was loaned to Roma with a pre-set price of €3.15M[3][4] as a replacement for outgoing Christian Panucci.
On 31 August 2009, Diamouténé joined Bari on a loan deal.[5]
On 10 February 2012, it was announced that Diamouténé had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian A PFG club Levski Sofia.[6] He was handed the number 25 shirt. On 23 May 2012, Diamouténé scored his first goal for Levski in a 7–0 win over PFC Svetkavitsa. In August 2016, he joined Maltese club Gżira United.[7]
At youth level, Diamouténé played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
He represented the Mali national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
Club
- As of 1 July 2012
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lucchese | 2001–02 | Serie C1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Serie C1 | 25 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Perugia | 2003–04 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| Lecce | 2004–05 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2005–06[8] | Serie A | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07[9] | Serie B | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 3 | |||
| 2007–08[10] | Serie B | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10[11] | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[11] | Serie A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12[11] | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 144 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 6 | ||
| Roma (loan) | 2008–09[11] | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Bari (loan) | 2009–10[11] | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2010–11[11] | Serie B | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 215 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 239 | 7 | ||
International
- Score and result list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Diamouténé goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 June 2005 | Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali |  Liberia | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
Perugia
- "Souleymane Diamouténé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- "Roma, si chiude per Diamoutene" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport Stadio. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009. [dead link]
- "Ceduto Diamoutene alla Roma" (in Italian). US Lecce. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- "ACQUISIZIONE A TITOLO TEMPORANEO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE SOULEYMANE DIAMOUTENE" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- "Official: Bari Sign Diamoutene From Lecce". Goal.com. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- "Levski agree deal with defender Diamoutene". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- "Gzira sign Souleymane Diamoutene". maltafootball.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- Souleymane Diamouténé at Soccerway
- Souleymane Diamouténé at FootballDatabase.eu
- Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
- Souleymane Diamouténé – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- Souleymane Diamouténé at Soccerway