Mé Aboubacar Diomandé

Aboubacar Mé Diomandé (7 May 1988, Abidjan – 9 August 2019) was an Ivorian footballer who played as midfielder.

Aboubacar Diomandé
Personal information
Full name Aboubacar Mé Diomandé
Date of birth (1988-05-07)7 May 1988
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date of death 9 August 2019(2019-08-09) (aged 31)[1]
Place of death Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, India
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Winger
Youth career
–2005 Académie de Sol Beni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 ASEC Mimosas ? (?)
2006–2007 Charlton Athletic
2006–2007 → Germinal Beerschot (loan)
2007–2019 Stella Club d'Adjamé
National team
2007–2010 Ivory Coast 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 August 2019

Club career

Mé Diomandé began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted to the first team in January 2005.[2] In January 2007 he was on trial at Charlton Athletic[3] and then moved in July 2007 to Stella Club d'Adjamé.

International career

He was nominated for the Tournoi de l'UEMOA 2007 for Ivory Coast.[4] Diomandé played for the Elephants at the 2009 African Nations Championship in Ivory Coast,[5] here he represented the team as captain.[6]

Death

On 9 August 2019 Diomandé was found dead on railway tracks on the Mumbai-Howrah route in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh state of India.[7]

His mutilated body was recovered from the tracks near Baradwar railway station. According to Sub-divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Champa area Udyan Behar, the player was identified through the mobile recovered from near his body. The police were able to identify the player through the identification documents which were in the mobile.

After investigation, the police concluded that the player would have landed in the country on 8 August 2019 and was travelling to join his new teammates in Kolkata.[8]

The further conclusions detail the midfielder to have fallen from the train.

The police tried to look for missing bags from the trains at Howrah station but weren't successful in finding any.

References
  1. "African footballer found dead on rail tracks in Chhattisgarh". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2017-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Yahoo Sport - Sport-Nachrichten, Live Berichte, Videos und mehr!". de.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  6. "RFI - Côte d'Ivoire : un point d'honneur". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  7. "Former Charlton Athletic footballer found dead on railway track in Chhattisgarh". khelnow.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. "African footballer found dead on tracks in Chhattisgarh". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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