Mariam Diakité (born 11 April 1995) is an Ivorian professional

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defender who plays in the

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for Fenerbahçe and the Ivory Coast women's national team. She was part of the Ivorian squad for the

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Personal life

Mariam Diakité was born in

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, south-central Ivory Coast on 11 April 1995. She spent her childhood in Abobo, a commune of

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. She left school because of her passion for football in her childhood.

Club career

Diakité is tall, and plays in the defender position. In the years 2009-2010 at the age of 14-15, she played in the local women's football club ES Abobo. She then went abroad to play in Belarus for Neman Grodno in the

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. Returned home, she was with Juventus de Yopougon.

Fleury 91

Discovered through videos, she was helped by the Ivorian coach

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for her remotely selection into the French club Fleury 91 in

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. In September 2021, she went to France, and joined the club to play in the

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on a two-year contract.

Fenerbahçe

In January 2025, Diakité moved to Turkey, and signed a one-and-half-year deal with Fenerbahçe from

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to start playing in the second half of the 2024-25 Super League season.

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