Stéphane Diarra
Appearance
![]() Diarra in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stéphane Imad Diarra | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Évian | 6 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Rennes | 0 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Rennes B | 27 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Le Mans (loan) | 31 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Le Mans | 23 | (3) |
2020– | Lorient | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:52, 10 August 2020 (UTC) |
Stéphane Diarra (born 9 December 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 2 club Le Mans.[2] Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he also holds French citizenship.[3]
Career
Diarra made his senior debut for Évian during the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, and then joined Rennes in July 2016.[3] He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Le Mans, helped them gain promotion to Ligue 2 via the play-offs, and joined them on a three-year contract in June 2019.[4][5]
In summer 2020, Diarra moved to FC Lorient, newly promoted to Ligue 1, on a five-year contract.[6] The transfer fee paid to Le Mans was reported as €3 million.[7]
References
- ^ "Stéphane Diarra". Stade Rennais. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "S. Diarra". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Stéphane Diarra". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Le Mans en Domino's Ligue 2 au bout du suspense" [Le Mans in Domino's Ligue 2 but left it late] (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Rennes sell Stéphane Diarra to Le Mans". Get French Football News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Adewoye, Gbenga (4 July 2020). "Stephane Diarra: Why Ivorian winger snubbed Leicester City and Newcastle United to join Lorient". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Stéphane Diarra transféré du Mans FC à Lorient en Ligue 1 pour 3 millions d'euros". France Bleu (in French). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Ivorian footballers
- French footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Thonon Évian F.C. players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Le Mans FC players
- FC Lorient players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National players
- People with acquired French citizenship
- Ivorian emigrants to France
- Ivorian football biography stubs
- French football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs