Diadie Samassékou
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Mali | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Real Bamako | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Liefering | 26 | (0) |
| 2016– | Red Bull Salzburg | 48 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Mali U20 | 9 | (4) |
| 2016– | Mali | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2018 | |||
Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg.
Career
Club
In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[1] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[2] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[3]
International career
Samassékou has represented Mali youth teams at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[4] and 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a 3-1 friendly loss to China on 29 June 2014.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 15 September 2016[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering | 2015–16 | Erste Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 10 | ||
International
| Mali national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 6 September 2016[7]
Honours
Club
- Red Bull Salzburg
Individual
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18[8]
References
- ^ "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "D.Samassekou". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
External links
- Diadie Samassékou at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Malian footballers
- Malian expatriate footballers
- Mali international footballers
- Mali under-20 international footballers
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Austrian Football Second League players
- Association football midfielders
- FC Liefering players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Malian expatriates in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Malian football biography stubs