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Djibril Diawara

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Djibril Diawara
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-01-03) 3 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Retired
Youth career
1989–1993 RCF Paris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Le Havre 58 (1)
1997–1998 Monaco 24 (0)
1998–2002 Torino 21 (0)
2001–2002Bolton (loan) 9 (0)
2002 Cosenza 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Djibril Diawara (born on 3 January 1975 in Dakar) is a retired French-Senegalese footballer.

Career

He played for Le Havre, Monaco, Torino and Bolton Wanderers during his professional career.

Diawara played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.[1]

He went on loan to Bolton in the Premier League in 2001 and made 9 league appearances, getting sent off once against Everton.[2]

Honours

Monaco

References

  1. ^ "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Last-gasp Bolton thwart Everton". BBC. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2014.