Cheick Tiemoko Diabate (born 21 January 2002) is an English professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for club
Exeter City.
Career
Exeter City
Diabate started his career at
Stevenage
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before a move to
Exeter City in 2018. He first appeared in a matchday squad during Exeter's 2–0 away
EFL Trophy
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group-stage victory over
Newport County in October 2019, and then later that season enjoyed a brief loan spell with
Buckland Athletic. In a disrupted 2020–21 campaign, Diabate had loan spells at
Bideford and
Tiverton Town
Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead.
History
The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athle ...
before making his Exeter debut in November 2020, featuring for the final twenty-eight minutes of their EFL Trophy tie with
West Bromwich Albion U23s, which resulted in a 4–0 win for The Grecians.
On 14 July 2021, Diabate joined
Southern League Premier Division South side,
Truro City
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and went onto make his debut during a 1–1 draw with
Walton Casuals a month later.
He then scored his first career goal in a 4–1 away victory over
Poole Town in October
before eventually returning to Exeter two months later following an injury crisis at the
Devon
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-based side. He made his league debut for the club just a week later in a 2–1 defeat to
Sutton United. He went on to feature heavily in the second half of Exeter’s season as they secured promotion to
League One. Diabate was rewarded with a new two-year contract in June 2022.
Personal life
Diabate's cousin
Mory Koné
Mory Koné (born 21 April 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Vierzon FC.
Koné is of Ivorian descent and has represented both his birth and ancestral nation at international level. He has represented France ...
is a former professional footballer, having played for
Troyes
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,
Le Mans
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, and
Parma
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.
Diabate is a Muslim.
Career statistics
Honours
Exeter City
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League Two
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runner-up:
2021–22
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
English men's footballers
English people of Ivorian descent
Men's association football defenders
Stevenage F.C. players
Exeter City F.C. players
Buckland Athletic F.C. players
Bideford A.F.C. players
Tiverton Town F.C. players
Truro City F.C. players
Western Football League players
Southern Football League players
English Football League players
English Muslims
Black British sportsmen
Footballers from Greater London