Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994)

Boubacar Diarra
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Diarra
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lierse
Number 24
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– Lierse 16 (0)
National team‡
2013 Mali U20 3 (0)
2015 Mali U23
2014– Mali 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:07, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:07, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division B side Lierse.[1]

Career

Club

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.[2][3] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016.[1][3] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League.[1] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a move to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse.[4]

He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven.[5]

International

Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level.[1][2] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[1] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 May 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2016–17 Belgian First Division B 50———8[lower-alpha 2]0130
2017–18 11000——1[lower-alpha 3]0120
Career total 16000——90250
  1. ↑ Includes the Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Eight appearances in 2016–17 Belgian First Division A UEFA Europa League play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in 2017–18 Belgian First Division A UEFA Europa League play-offs

International

As of 2 April 2018.[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali
201410
Total10

Honours

TP Mazembe[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Boubacar Diarra profile". Soccerway. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Boubacar Diarra avec les Espoirs du Mali". TP Mazembe. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Diarra declined to extend with TPM". TP Mazembe. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Boubacar Diarra tekende bij Lierse". Lierse S.K. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "OH Leuven vs. Lierse". Soccerway. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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