Cheick Diabaté (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cheick Tidiane Diabaté | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bordeaux | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Centre Salif Keita | ||
| 2006–2008 | Bordeaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008– | Bordeaux | 32 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | → AC Ajaccio (loan) | 30 | (14) |
| 2009–2010 | → Nancy (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Mali U-17 | 3 | (2) |
| 2005– | Mali | 15 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:51, 24 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cheick Tidiane Diabaté (born 25 April 1988) is a Malian football player who currently plays for French club Bordeaux in Ligue 1.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Bordeaux
Diabaté was promoted to the senior squad of Bordeaux for the 2008–09 season following a successful season in the CFA, where he made 35 appearances and scored 18 goals. Unfortunately, due to a surplus of more experienced strikers, manager Laurent Blanc loaned him out to the Corsica-based and Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio to get more playing time.
[edit] Loan moves
Diabaté made his debut for Ajaccio in their opening match loss to Châteauroux playing the full 90 minutes. In the second match, he proved beneficial to the club scoring a brace in their 3–1 win over Stade Reims.[1] Three weeks later, he scored another brace, this time in a 4–0 thrashing of Vannes.[2] The following three weeks, he scored one goal in each match with Ajaccio earning wins over Brest[3] and Clermont[4] and drawing with Nîmes.[5]
Diabaté's positive play continued throughout the season scoring important game-winning goals against Guingamp,[6] Lens,[7] Angers,[8] and Boulogne.[9] He also scored a goal in the annual Derby Corse against Bastia with the match finishing in a 1–1 draw.[10] Diabaté finished the season with 14 goals, a team high and 4th among Ligue 2 topscorers, helping the club stave off relegation on the final day of the season.
Diabaté's play with Ajaccio earned him a contract extension with his parent club agreeing to remain in Bordeaux until June 2013.[11] Despite returning to Bordeaux on 1 July, on 20 July, he was sent on loan again, this time to fellow Ligue 1 club AS Nancy.[12] The striker has spent most of the stint playing in the reserves only featuring twice with the senior team.
[edit] International career
Diabaté started out with Mali's national under-17 team where they participated in the 2005 African U-17 Championship. He scored a goal in each of of their group stage matches but they failed to advance to the knockout round.[13] Less than month after the tournament, he would get his senior debut against Liberia in a 2006 World Cup qualifier where they won 4–1. He came on as an 85th minute substitute for Dramane Coulibaly.[14]
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 18 November 2008 | Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen |  Algeria |
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Friendly |
| 2. | 26 March 2011 | Stade 26 mars, Bamako |  Zimbabwe |
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
| 3. | 10 August 2011 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir |  Tunisia |
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Friendly |
| 4. | 3 September 2011 | Stade 26 mars, Bamako |  Cape Verde |
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
| 5. | 3 September 2011 | Stade 26 mars, Bamako | Cape Verde |
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
| 6. | 8 October 2011 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville |  Liberia |
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
[edit] References
- ^ Reims v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Ajaccio v. Vannes Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Brest v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Ajaccio v. Clermont Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Nîmes v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Ajaccio v. Guingamp Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Lens v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Angers v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Boulogne v. Ajaccio Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Ajaccio v. Bastia Match Report. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Bordeaux: Trois prolongations. Mercato365.com (31 August 2011). Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Trois Bordelais à Nancy. L'Equipe. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Díaz Rubio, Julian; Kalumiana, Kalumiana. "African U-17 Championship 2005". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-u17-05.html. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Match Report: Mali - Liberia". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=35805/report.html. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- (French) Cheick Diabate at L'Equipe.fr
- Cheick Diabaté (footballer) at National-Football-Teams.com
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