Kaba Diawara
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kaba Diawara | ||
Date of birth | 16 December 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Toulon, France | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Toulon | 40 | (11) |
1994–1999 | Bordeaux | 60 | (14) |
1998 | → Rennes (loan) | 12 | (1) |
1999 | Arsenal | 12 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Marseille | 15 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | (0) |
2000 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2001 | → West Ham United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2002 | → Racing de Ferrol (loan) | 15 | (5) |
2002–2003 | → Nice (loan) | 37 | (12) |
2003–2004 | Al-Gharrafa | ? | (?) |
2005 | Al-Kharitiyath | ? | (?) |
2005–2006 | Ajaccio | 20 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Gaziantepspor | 27 | (8) |
2008 | Ankaragücü | 12 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Alki Larnaca | 11 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Arles-Avignon | 50 | (8) |
Total | 341 | (65) | |
International career‡ | |||
France U-21 | |||
2004–2009 | Guinea | 13 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2010 |
Kaba Diawara (born 16 December 1975 in Toulon) is a Guinean media pundit and former footballer who played as a striker. Diawara played for French teams Sporting Toulon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Olympique de Marseille, Nice and Paris Saint-Germain.[1] As well he featured with English clubs Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Arsenal. Diawara also linked up with sides in Spain and Turkey. He went on to join up in 2009 with Ligue 1 outfit Arles-Avignon where he brought an end to his playing days.[1] Diawara currently features as a footballing pundit with French network Canal +.[2]
Club career
Born in Toulon, Diawara at first played in 1993 for Toulon and then journeyed to Bordeaux a year later. With Bordeaux he got to the 1997 Coupe de la Ligue Final and earned a 1999 Ligue 1 winners medal. After six years at the club he moved to Premier League club Arsenal where he stayed for six months. During the summer of that year Diawara signed for Marseille whom he played with for a solitary season. During the following summer he linked up with club rival Paris St Germain with whom he got to the 2000 Coupe de la Ligue final. He went on to play on loan from PSG to sides Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Racing de Ferrol and Nice.[3][1][4] [1]
In the 2006–2007 season, he transferred to Süper Lig team Gaziantepspor. At Gaziantepspor he got little playing time. As such in January 2008 he signed a six-month contract with fellow Turkish side Ankaragücü. On August 2008, he moved to Alki Larnaca of Cyprus. He was eventually released by Larnaca in December of that year. Diawara then signed for French side AC Arles-Avignon on a free transfer in 2009. At Avignon Diawara went on to bring an end to his playing days.[1]
International career
The striker played for the French national U-21 team,[5] but chose to represent Guinea at senior level. Diawara was then called up to Guinea's squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. Guinea went on to the quarterfinals of the tournament against where Diawara scored in an eventual 3-2 defeat to Senegal.[6]
Personal life
Diawara is of present a football pundit with French network Canal +.[2]
Honours
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1997 - Runner's Up medal
- Ligue 1: 1999
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2000 - Runner's Up medal.[1][3]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f "Kaba Diawara". Eurosport.com.
- ^ a b "Paris Saint-Germain can beat Arsenal in Champions League opener, says Diawara". Goal.com.
- ^ a b c "Kaba Diawara". Lequipe.fr (in French).
- ^ "PSG loan out Diawara". UEFA.com. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ "FIFA rule change boosts African nations". Rediff.com.
- ^ "Guinea 2-3 Senegal". BBC.co.uk.
External links
- Kaba Diawara – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kaba Diawara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kaba Diawara at the Turkish Football Federation
- Profile at sporting-heroes.net
- Kaba Diawara at Soccerbase
- Kaba Diawara – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Toulon
- France under-21 international footballers
- Guinean footballers
- French footballers
- Guinea international footballers
- Guinean expatriate footballers
- Guinean expatriates in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Sporting Club Toulon players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Premier League players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- OGC Nice players
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Al-Gharafa Sports Club players
- Al Kharaitiyat SC players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Guinean expatriates in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Süper Lig players
- Gaziantepspor footballers
- MKE Ankaragücü footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Cypriot First Division players
- Alki Larnaca FC players
- Association football forwards
- French people of Guinean descent
- Qatar Stars League players