Boubacar Diarra (born 15 July 1979) is a Malian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as

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. Having started his senior career with

Djoliba AC Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes th ...

, he moved to Germany in 1997 joining

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

where he amassed over 200 league matches in a decade-long spell. He signed with

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

in 2007 but only spent half a season there. He went on to play for Swiss club

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (). It is best known for its professional association football, football team, which plays in the Swiss Super League, Super League, the top tier of the ...

and Liaoning Hongyun of China before returning to Mali with

AS Bamako AS Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Bamako. Achievements * Malien Cup: 1 :: 2005 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup ...

Career

Born in

Bamako Bamako is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamak ...

, Diarra started his career at

. In 1997, he moved to Europe joining German club

where he spent a decade. Following a short period with

, where his chance to play was limited by a broken arm, he joined Swiss club

in 2008. On 11 March 2010, Diarra left Lucerne and joined Chinese Super League club Liaoning Hongyun.

Honours

Mali *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

fourth place:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diarra, Boubacar 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Mali men's international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players SC Freiburg players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Luzern players Liaoning F.C. players Djoliba AC players AS Real Bamako players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Chinese Super League players Swiss Super League players Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Malian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Malian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China 21st-century Malian people