Amadou Diawara

Amadou Diawara
Personal information
Full name Amadou Diawara
Date of birth (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 42
Youth career
2010–2012 Syli Authentic
2012–2014 FC Séquence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 San Marino 15 (0)
2015–2016 Bologna 34 (0)
2016– Napoli 37 (1)
National team‡
2018– Guinea 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2018

Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club S.S.C. Napoli.

Club career

Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry in Guinea.[2]

Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.

While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.[3] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.[4]

On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[5]

On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[6] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.

International

Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[7] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[8] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national football team in March 2018,[9] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[10] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda national football team on 12 October 2018.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 August 2018[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Marino 2014–15 Lega Pro 15000––150
Total 150000000150
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A 34010––350
Total 340100000350
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 1804060–280
2017–18 1811081–272
2018–19 100000–10
Total 3715014100562
Career total 86160141001062
  1. ↑ Includes Supercoppa Italiana matches.

References

  1. ↑ S.r.l., Agorà Telematica | Agorà Med. "Prima Squadra - SSC Napoli". www.sscnapoli.it. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista". Bologna. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Newman, Blair. "Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough". GazettaWorld.
  5. ↑ "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Diawara" [Napoli official acquisition of Diawara] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Burt, Jason; Bull, J. J. (17 October 2017). "Man City 2 Napoli 1: Sensational City survive late pressure to pass first real test of the season". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Napoli's Amadou Diawara: It was always Guinea never Italy". 9 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Diawara could play for Italy | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". 29 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". 4 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Elim. CAN 2019 : la Guinée punit le Rwanda et se rapproche du Cameroun - Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée". 12 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "A. Diawara". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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