Mamadou Diarra (born 20 December 1997) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for French club Grenoble.

Club career

A youth product of the Senegalese club

ASC Jaraaf Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' ...

, Diarra began his senior career with the Turkish club Boluspor. After a stint with

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

, he transferred to

Giresunspor Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun. It was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing in the Turkish S ...

in on 30 August 2020. He made his professional debut with Giresunspor in a 1–0

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loss to Alanyaspor on 13 September 2021. On 1 September 2022, Diarra signed a three-year contract with Grenoble in French

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International career

Diarra is a youth international for Senegal, having captained the Senegal U20s in 2017.

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* 1997 births Footballers from Dakar Living people Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Boluspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Giresunspor footballers Grenoble Foot 38 players TFF First League players TFF Second League players Süper Lig players Ligue 2 players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub