Abdoulaye Diarra (born 12 October 1986) is an Ivorian

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who currently plays as a

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for

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side CS Vladimriescu. Diarra grew up at

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and played at senior level for

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, Bohemians Prague and Viktorie Jirny before moving in 2011 to

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where he played in the second and third tier for

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

, FC Bihor, Millenium Giarmata and Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei.

Club career

Internazionale

At age 14, Diarra arrived in Italy. He began his career in Italy with Associazone Calcio Dilettanti Valnure Podenzano Vigolzone Bettola and was in July 2002 scouted from

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. After five years with

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, in January 2007 on loan to

NK Maribor Nogometni klub Maribor () is a Slovenian professional Association football, football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. It competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of the Football in Slovenia#League system, Slovenian football league system ...

until 30 June 2007 as part of

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deal. He played at both legs of

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first round which is on 24 and 30 June. As part of the deal of

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, he was transferred to

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in July 2007, along with Robert Acquafresca. Few weeks later he signed a 2-year deal with

Bohemians Prague

On 1 July 2008 he was signed by Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague. In 2008–09 season he left on loan to SK Viktorie Jirny of Czech Republic Fourth Division Divize B (Group B), along with Mayola Biboko. He played two league match and 1 cup match before left on loan.

UTA

In September 2010 he was signed by

International career

He was call-up to

Ivory Coast national under-23 football team The Ivorian national under-23 football team represents Ivory Coast in international under-23 tournaments. Nicknamed ''Les Petit Éléphants'' (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's first appearance on the world stage w ...

in 2007.

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at Prvaliga. {{DEFAULTSORT:Diarra, Abdoulaye 1986 births Living people Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Slovenian PrvaLiga players Inter Milan players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy NK Maribor players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) players Czech First League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FC UTA Arad players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Romania People from Divo, Ivory Coast Footballers from Gôh-Djiboua District 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen