Lamine Diarra

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Lamine Diarra
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Personal information
Full name Lamine Diarra
Date of birth 20 December 1983 (1983-12-20) (age 28)
Place of birth Bignona, Senegal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Partizan
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2003 Dakar UC
2003–2005 Jeanne d'Arc
2005–2007 Zrinjski Mostar 27 (12)
2007 → Beira-Mar (loan) 5 (0)
2007– Partizan 97 (47)
2010–2011 → Al Shabab (loan) 8 (3)
National team‡
2009– Senegal 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:12, 26 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:30, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Lamine Diarra (born 20 December 1983) is a Senegalese football striker who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Partizan. He has been nicknamed "Black Mamba" or "Mamba Di", due to his speed and deadliness.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Partizan

On 4 July 2007, Diarra signed a three-year contract with FK Partizan and was given the number 26 shirt.[1] He made his debut for Partizan in the UEFA Cup qualification match against his former club Zrinjski Mostar on 19 July 2007 in which he scored three goals.[2] In the Serbian Cup semi-final, on 16 April 2008, Diarra scored two goals against FK Crvena zvezda in a 3–2 win. He also scored a hat-trick in the 2008 Serbian Cup Final, a 3–0 win over FK Zemun.[3] Diarra made 31 league appearances for Partizan, scoring 12 goals, during the 2007–08 season. He also finished as a club top scorer in all competitions and signed a two year extension to his contract.[4]

He scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season against Inter Baku in a 2–0 win at home ground, in the second leg of the second qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. On 5 October 2008, Diarra scored a goal against cross-town rivals Crvena zvezda in a 2–0 away win.[5] He continued his good form by scoring an equaliser against Sampdoria in the UEFA Cup group stage, on 24 October 2008, however Partizan would go on to lose the game 2–1.[6] He made his 50th league appearance on 7 March 2009, in a match against FK Javor, scoring the winning goal for Partizan. Diarra has been the top goalscorer of the 2008–09 SuperLiga season with 19 goals. He was also one of eight Partizan players named in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Year.[7]

Diarra made his 100th competitive match for Partizan in a game against FK Napredak on 1 November 2009, which Partizan won 3–1. On 16 December 2009, he scored the winning goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League.[8] He scored a hat-trick against FK Mladi radnik in the final 2009–10 SuperLiga match of the season on 16 May 2010. During his third season at Partizan he made 43 appearances and scored 21 goals in all competitions.

[edit] Loan to Al Shabab

On 27 June 2010, it was announced that Diarra would be joining Al Shabab Al Arabi Club, on a season long loan.[9] He scored his first competitive goal for Al Shabab on 3 September 2010, in the second round of the 2010–11 UAE Pro-League, against Dubai Club. On 27 October 2010, in a league game against Al Wahda, Diarra suffered a fracture in his lower left leg,[10] after which he spent the rest of the season in the process of recovering.

[edit] Return to Partizan

Diarra made his first appearance back for Partizan as a substitute against FK Novi Pazar at home, on 13 August 2011, receiving a standing ovation upon his introduction.[11] On 28 August, he scored two goals against OFK Beograd, in a 3–0 home win.[12]

[edit] International career

On 14 October 2009, Diarra made his international debut for Senegal after coming on in the 79th minute in a 2–0 loss against South Korea in a friendly match.[13]

Previously, he has been a member of the Senegalese team at the 2003 All-Africa Games.[14]

[edit] Career statistics

As of 26 November 2011
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zrinjski Mostar 2005–06 13 4 0 0 – 0 0 13 4
2006–07 14 8 1 0 – 2 1 17 9
Beira-Mar 2006–07 5 0 1 1 – 0 0 6 1
Partizan 2007–08 31 12 4 5 – 2 3 37 20
2008–09 29 19 4 1 – 10 2 43 22
2009–10 29 14 4 3 – 10 4 43 21
Al Shabab 2010–11 8 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 4
Partizan 2011–12 8 2 3 1 – 0 0 11 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 27 12 1 0 – 2 1 30 13
Portugal 5 0 1 1 – 0 0 6 1
United Arab Emirates 8 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 4
Serbia 97 47 15 10 – 22 9 134 66
Career total 137 62 18 12 1 0 24 10 180 84

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Partizan

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Potpisali Diarra i Sikimić" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 4 July 2007. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=380&akcija=show&prikaz1=2007&prikaz2=7&sec=2. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "Partizan deklasirao Zrinjski - 6:1!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 19 July 2007. http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2007&mm=07&dd=19&nav_id=256058. Retrieved 26 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "Het-trik Dijare za jubilarni pehar Partizana" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 8 May 2008. http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/40739/Hettrik-Dijare-za-jubilarni-pehar-Partizana. Retrieved 24 February 2011. 
  4. ^ "Diarra produžio ugovor!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 21 June 2008. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=444&akcija=show&prikaz1=2008&prikaz2=6&sec=2. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Dijara i Žuka za pobedu Partizana" (in Serbian). b92.net. 5 October 2008. http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2008&mm=10&dd=05&nav_id=322082. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  6. ^ "Dessena decider breaks Sampdoria spell". uefa.com. 24 October 2008. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/season=2009/round=15285/match=304173/postmatch/report/index.html. Retrieved 24 February 2011. 
  7. ^ "Izabran najbolji tim Jelen Super lige Srbije!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 28 May 2009. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=368&akcija=show&prikaz1=2009&prikaz2=5&sec=2. Retrieved 24 February 2011. 
  8. ^ "Partizan bow out with Shakhtar scalp". uefa.com. 16 December 2009. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000037/match=2000890/postmatch/report/index.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  9. ^ "Diarra i zvanično potpisao za Al Shabab Al Arabi Club" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 27 June 2010. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=451&akcija=&prikaz1=2010&prikaz2=&sec=2. Retrieved 1 July 2010. 
  10. ^ "Dijara: Prelom noge me neće slomiti" (in Serbian). sportal.rs. 11 November 2010. http://www.sportal.rs/news.php?id=39174. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
  11. ^ "Partizanova petarda Novom Pazaru, ovacije Dijari" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 13 August 2011. http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/201579/Partizanova-petarda-Novom-Pazaru-ovacije-Dijari. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  12. ^ "Dva gola Dijare za ubedljivu pobedu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 28 August 2011. http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2011&mm=08&dd=28&nav_id=537963. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  13. ^ "Diarra debitovao" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 17 October 2009. http://www.partizan.rs/arhiva/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=761&akcija=show&prikaz1=2009&prikaz2=10&sec=2. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  14. ^ "African Games 2003". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afrgames03.html. 

[edit] External links

Serbian SuperLiga top scorers
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
(1992–2006)
Serbia
(2006–present)
FK Partizan – current squad
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