Abdelaye Diakité (born 8 January 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Cypriot club

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Career

Born in

Les Mureaux Les Mureaux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Population Transport Les Mureaux is served by Les ...

, a suburb of Paris, Diakité started his career at

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

. He was a player for their B team from 2008 to 2010 in

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2 ...

. In 2009, he received his only France U20 national team call-up, against

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. He was an unused bench. After a season long injury, Diakité moved to Italy in 2011 for the fourth division club

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. In March 2013 Diakité signed a pre-contract with

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

. However, in July 2013 half of the registration rights was swapped with half of the "card" of

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

player Giuseppe Caccavallo. Diakité was trained separately from the squad since 21 July due to fitness problem. On 30 August 2013, Diakité left for Slovenian club Gorica. The paperwork of his transfer was completed on 24 October. In January 2014 the temporary deal was terminated. During 2013 financial year the co-ownership between Crotone and Parma also terminated in favour of Parma, with Giuseppe Prestia moved to Crotone.F.C.Crotone Srl ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013 On 18 July 2014, he was signed by

Teramo Teramo (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Italia) and the Adriatic coast. Th ...

along with Gianluca Lapadula. On 20 August 2015, he was signed by Bylis. On 15 September 2018, he engaged with Libyan club Al Ahli SC Tripoli.

Honours

FC U Craiova *

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: 2020–21

References

External links

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AIC profile (data by www.football.it)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diakite, Abdelaye Living people 1990 births French sportspeople of Malian descent French men's footballers Footballers from Yvelines Men's association football central defenders Serie C players Kategoria Superiore players Cypriot First Division players TFF 1. Lig players Liga II players Libyan Premier League players Le Havre AC players FC Crotone players ND Gorica players KF Bylis players SSD Città di Teramo players Siracusa Calcio players Al Ahli SC (Tripoli) players Alki Oroklini players FC U Craiova 1948 players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia French expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Albania French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 21st-century French sportsmen