Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Belgian First Division A club
Anderlecht and the
Guinea national team.
Club career
Early career
Amadou Diawara was born in
Conakry in
Guinea.
Diawara joined
Lega Pro
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side
San Marino
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in 2014.
Bologna
While playing for San Marino,
Bologna
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Director of football
Pantaleo Corvino
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After his father's death, he was forced to interrupt his career as a player and became non-commissioned officer.
His early career in mana ...
spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.
On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his
Serie A
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debut for Bologna, in an away match against
Lazio
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, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for
Lorenzo Crisetig
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Crisetig made his competitive debut on 27 September 2011, in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.
Club career
Youth career
Born in Cividal ...
.
Napoli
On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club
Napoli
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.
On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against
Manchester City in the Champions League. On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against
Chievo Verona
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.
Roma
On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with
Roma
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until 2024.
Anderlecht
On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to
Anderlecht on a three-year contract.
International career
Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship. The
Azzurri trainer
Giampiero Ventura
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His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 197 ...
was trying to recruit him in 2018. However, he pledged his international allegiance to the
Guinea national football team in March 2018, and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018. Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over
Rwanda national football team
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on 12 October 2018.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Roma
*
UEFA Europa Conference League
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:
2021–22
References
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1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Conakry
Guinean footballers
Guinea international footballers
Association football midfielders
Serie A players
Bologna F.C. 1909 players
A.S.D. Victor San Marino players
S.S.C. Napoli players
A.S. Roma players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Guinean expatriate footballers
Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
UEFA Europa Conference League winning players