Amadou Diawara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amadou Diawara | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team 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 | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2017 | |||
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]
Amadou Diawara was discovered by Numukeh Tunkara and his partner Roberto Visani. The two collaborated to bring him to 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]
International
Diawara was born in Guinea, but he's been playing football in Italy since 2012, and is in the process of receiving Italian citizenship. The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura is trying to recruit him.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 August 2015 [7]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
| San Marino | Lega Pro | 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Bologna | Serie A | 2015–16 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
- ^ Includes Supercoppa Italiana matches.
References
- ^ http://www.sscnapoli.it/Squadra/Amadou-Diawara
- ^ "21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista". Bologna. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Newman, Blair. "Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough". GazettaWorld.
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.football-italia.net/97843/diawara-could-play-italy
- ^ Diawara Stats
External links
- Amadou Diawara at Soccerway