Yadaly Diaby (born 9 August 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Austrian Bundesliga club

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, on loan from Ligue 1 club Clermont and the Guinea national team. Yadaly Diaby a débuté le football dans le club de Jeunesse Foot Sud à Saint-Étienne : Saison 2011-2012 et 2012-2013. Il rejoindra ensuite le club d'Andrézieux Bouthéon. Yadaly Diaby :

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in 2019, where he played several seasons in the

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with their senior team; before joining Clermont on the summer 2021. First playing with the

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in National 3, his performance—most notably a hat trick against during a 4-1 win against the Académie Moulins—quickly granted him an access to the first team, as he signed his first professional contract with the Auvergnats early November 2021. Diaby made his professional debut for Clermont Foot on 1 December 2021, replacing an injured Jim Allevinah at the 63rd minute of a 2–2 home Ligue 1 draw against

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. Whilst he saw hist team equalize just after he came on – as Mohamed Bayo scored the last goal of the game –, Diaby was red carded at the 84th, after he accidentally kicked an opponent. This exclusion earned him a 2 rounds ban from the French competition.

International career

Diaby was born in Saint-Pierre, in

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(France), to

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parents. He debuted with the Guinea national team in a 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over

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on 24 March 2023.

Style of play

An offensively-minded midfielder, Diaby is able to play both as a left or a

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References

External links

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Clermont Foot profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaby, Yadaly 2000 births Living people Men's footballers from Réunion Sportsmen from Réunion People from Saint-Pierre, Réunion Guinean men's footballers Guinea men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Guinean descent Black French sportspeople Men's association football midfielders Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC players Clermont Foot players SC Austria Lustenau players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Ligue 1 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Guinean expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Austria French expatriate sportspeople in Austria