Diadie Samassékou

Diadie Samassékou
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Mali
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2015 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Liefering 26 (0)
2016– Red Bull Salzburg 48 (0)
National team‡
2015– Mali U20 9 (4)
2016– Mali 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2018

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg.

Career

Club

In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[1] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[2] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[3]

International career

Samassékou has represented Mali youth teams at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[4] and 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a 3-1 friendly loss to China on 29 June 2014.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 September 2016[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2015–16 Erste Liga 25000–250
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 501050110
Career total 30010503610

International

Mali national team
YearAppsGoals
201610
Total10

Statistics accurate as of match played 6 September 2016[7]

Honours

Club

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. ↑ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. ↑ "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. ↑ "D.Samassekou". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.


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