Sinaly Diomandé (born 9 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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side

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

and the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Diomandé came out of the

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academy in

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, before joining the Guidars FC, in

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. He moved to

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...

in September 2019 for a fee of €550,000, with bonuses rising up to €2 million. After a year of playing in Lyon's reserve team, where he became one of the players most used by

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, and an impressive summer preparation, Diomande made his professional debut for

on 18 September 2020, helping his team keep a clean sheet against

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in this

encounter.

International career

Diomandé debuted with the

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in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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on 8 October 2020.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

Profile
at the Olympique Lyonnais website *
JMG FOotball Profile
2001 births Living people People from Lacs District Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Olympique Lyonnais players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub