Ousmane Diakité
_10.jpg) Diakité with Liefering in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ousmane Diakité[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mali | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Yeelen Olympique | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Yeelen Olympique | ||
| 2018–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | TSV Hartberg | 46 | (2) |
| 2024– | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Mali U20 | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024 | |||
Ousmane Diakité (born 25 July 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion.
Club career
[edit]Diakité started his career with the Malian side Yeelen Olympique. In July 2018 he signed a contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria till May 2023. He also plays for the feeder team FC Liefering.[2]
His played his first match for FC Liefering on July 27, 2018 against SV Horn. In this match he was excluded after two yellow cards in minute 39 and 92.[3]
On 4 January 2022, Diakité's loan to Swiss club St. Gallen was terminated early to allow him to return to Red Bull and continue his rehabilitation there, after he suffered a serious knee injury in a St. Gallen game in December.[4]
On 1 February 2023, Diakité joined Hartberg on a permanent deal, signing a contract until the summer of 2024.[5]
On 27 June 2024, Diakité agreed to join Championship side West Bromwich Albion on a two-year deal with the option for a further season.[6] On 10 August, he made his debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 3-1 win against QPR in the league.[7]
National team
[edit]With the Malian U17 he became runner-up in the world championships 2015. In 2017 he played his first match for the U20 national team.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Liefering (loan) | 2018–19 | 2. Liga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| St. Gallen (loan) | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| TSV Hartberg | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 0 | ||||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2024–25 | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 90 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 5 | ||
- ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup, FA Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Servus in Salzburg, Ousmane Diakite!". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "1. Runde, Saison 2018/19, SV Horn gegen FC Liefering – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Ousmane Diakité verlässt den FCSG" (Press release) (in German). St. Gallen. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Ousmane Diakité is moving to Hartberg" (in German). TSV Hartberg. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Albion welcome Ousmane Diakité". www.wba.co.uk. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Queens Park Rangers 1-3 West Bromwich Albion". 10 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
[edit]
- Ousmane Diakité at Soccerway
Media related to Ousman Diakite at Wikimedia Commons- Ousmane Diakité at WorldFootball.net
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