Boubacar Diarra (born 15 July 1979) is a Malian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Having started his senior career with

Djoliba AC Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Héréma ...

, he moved to Germany in 1997 joining

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

where he amassed over 200 league matches in a decade-long spell. He signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2007 but only spent half a season there. He went on to play for Swiss club

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league syste ...

and

Liaoning Hongyun Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

of China before returning to Mali with

AS Bamako AS Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Bamako. Achievements * Malien Cup The Coupe du Mali Orange for sponsorship reasons is the top knoc ...

Career

Born in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

, Diarra started his career at

. In 1997, he moved to Europe joining German club

where he spent a decade. Following a short period with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where his chance to play was limited by a broken arm, he joined Swiss club

in 2008. On 11 March 2010, Diarra left Lucerne and joined Chinese Super League club

Honours

Mali *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

fourth place:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diarra, Boubacar 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Mali men's international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players SC Freiburg players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Luzern players Liaoning F.C. players Djoliba AC players AS Real Bamako players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Chinese Super League players Swiss Super League players Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Malian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Malian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China 21st-century Malian people