Souleymane Diawara

Souleymane Diawara

Diawara with Marseille
Personal information
Full name	Souleymane Diawara
Date of birth	December 24, 1978 (1978-12-24)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Marseille
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2003	Le Havre	104	(2)
2003–2006	Sochaux	84	(4)
2006–2007	Charlton Athletic	23	(0)
2007–2009	Bordeaux	63	(2)
2009–	Marseille	81	(5)
National team‡
2002–	Senegal	45	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Souleymane Diawara (born December 24, 1978 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a central defender for Olympique Marseille and the Senegal national team.

Career

Diawara began his career at Havre AC first two seasons in Ligue 1 before the club was relegated. It remains to Le Havre until 2003, before signing the FC Sochaux.

November 19, 2002, he made his debut with the Senegalese national team against South Africa in a friendly match.

In 2006, he was transferred to Charlton Athletic. The following year he joined the Bordeaux to strengthen the central defense with Marc Planus. Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Côte d'Ivoire, due to a breach of discipline.

In July 2009, he signed a contract for four years for the Olympique Marseille, the transfer amount is estimated at 7 million euros.

On 8 August, he participated in his first game for his new cons Grenoble as the holder (2-0).

On April 23, 2011, Marseille won for the second consecutive year the League Cup. Souleymane Diawara thereby becomes the player holding the record for League Cup won with four trophies.

Honours

Club

Sochaux

• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner (1): 2004

Bordeaux

• Ligue 1
  • Winner (1): 2008–09
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner (2): 2009
• Trophée des Champions
  • Winner (1): 2009

Marseille

• Ligue 1
  • Winner (2): 2009–10
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner (4): 2010, 2011
• Trophée des Champions
  • Winner (2): 2010