Mahamadou Diarra

Malian footballer

Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.

Mahamadou Diarra
Diarra in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-18) 18 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998 Centre Salif Keita
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 OFI 21 (2)
1999–2002 Vitesse 69 (9)
2002–2006 Lyon 123 (7)
2006–2011 Real Madrid 90 (3)
2011 Monaco 9 (0)
2012–2014 Fulham 23 (1)
Total 335 (22)
National team
2000–2012 Mali 72 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1][2]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFI 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki 21 2 1 0 22 2
Vitesse 1999–2000 Eredivisie 16 2 1 0 1[c] 0 18 2
2000–01 29 4 3 0 2[c] 0 34 4
2001–02 24 3 4 0 28 3
Total 69 9 8 0 3 0 80 9
Lyon 2002–03 Ligue 1 28 1 2 0 1 0 7[d] 0 1[e] 0 39 1
2003–04 27 1 0 0 0 0 10[f] 0 1[e] 1 38 2
2004–05 33 2 1 0 3 1 9[f] 2 46 5
2005–06 31 3 1 0 1 0 9[f] 2 1[e] 0 43 5
2006–07 4 0 4 0
Total 123 7 4 0 5 1 35 4 3 1 170 13
Real Madrid 2006–07 La Liga 33 3 4 0 10[f] 1 47 4
2007–08 30 0 0 0 6[f] 0 2[g] 0 38 0
2008–09 9 0 1 0 3[f] 0 2[g] 0 15 0
2009–10 15 0 2 0 3[f] 0 20 0
2010–11 3 0 3 0 2[f] 0 8 0
Total 90 3 10 0 24 1 4 0 128 4
Monaco 2010–11 Ligue 1 9 0 9 0
Fulham 2011–12 Premier League 11 1 11 1
2012–13 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2013–14 4 0 4 0
Total 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
Career total 335 22 23 0 5 1 62 5 7 1 432 29
  1. Includes Greek Football Cup, KNVB Cup, Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League and two in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. 7.0 7.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[1][3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 1998 1 0
1999 1 0
2000 2 0
2001 3 0
2002 11 2
2003 8 0
2004 10 2
2005 3 1
2006 2 0
2007 7 1
2008 10 1
2009 3 0
2010 7 0
2011 3 0
2012 1 0
Total 72 7
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diarra goal.
List of international goals scored by Mahamadou Diarra
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 January 2002 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt   Egypt 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2 2–0
3 30 January 2004 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia   Burkina Faso 2–0 3–1 2004 African Cup of Nations
4 7 February 2004   Guinea 2–1 2–1
5 5 June 2005 Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali   Liberia 4–1 4–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 6 February 2007 Stade Marville, Saint-Malo, France   Lithuania 2–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours

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Lyon

Real Madrid

Mali

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mahamadou Diarra". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "Mahamadou Diarra". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. "Mahamadou Diarra - International Appearances". RSSSF.
  4. "FIFA". Archived from the original on 14 June 2015.