Souleymane Diarra (born 30 January 1995) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

In August 2015, Diarra joined Hungarian side

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on a three-year deal. On 3 August 2019, Diarra signed a three-year contract with Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club Gazişehir Gaziantep. On 18 January 2021, Diarra signed with

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club

Pau FC Pau Football Club (, Bearnese ), known simply as Pau, is a French professional association football club based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, capital of Béarn. They compete in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Pau FC were found ...

International career

Diarra was part of the Malian squad reaching

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semi-final. He also played in the

2016 Toulon Tournament The 2016 Toulon Tournament was the 44th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It took place 18–29 May 2016. The tournament was used by several teams as preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The tournament was won by England. Participants ;AFC ...

. Diarra made his senior debut for the

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in a 3–1 win against

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, wherein he got a red card on the 38th minute on 29 June 2016.

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* 1995 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Men's association football midfielders Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Mali men's under-20 international footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Újpest FC players RC Lens players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Pau FC players En Avant Guingamp players Malian Première Division players AS Bamako players Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Malian people JMG Academy (Bamako) players {{Mali-footy-bio-stub