Ibrahima Lassana Diallo (born 24 June 1984) is a Malian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club 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 ...

, Diallo began his career with

Djoliba Athletic Club 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 Héré ...

before moving to

LB Châteauroux La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (), commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of seve ...

in 2003. In 2006 he returned to Mali and signed a contract with Stade Malien. In August 2007 went on trial with Algerian club

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

but did not do enough to impress the coach.

International career

Diallo was part of the Mali U-17 national team which finished third in the group stage of 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He played his first game for the Mali senior team on 9 July 2007 against

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References

1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Bamako Association football forwards Malian footballers Mali international footballers Ligue 2 players LB Châteauroux players Djoliba AC players Stade Malien players Malian expatriate footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub