Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and

AS Korofina AS Korofina is a Malian football club. The team is based in the city of Bamako, in the ''Commune I'' neighborhood. Their home ground is Stade Modibo Keïta. They are also known by the acronym ASKO. History ASKO were promoted to the Malien Pr ...

, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join

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team

TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a ...

. During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the

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and the

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. He departed in 2016 to join

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outfit

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, making his debut in a defeat to

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on 17 February 2016. Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

. On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse. He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against

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. In October 2018, Diarra joined

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side Al-Hilal Club. A move to Saudi Arabia and

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of the

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occurred on 26 June 2019. However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to

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club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract. He netted goals against

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and Real Kashmir across 2019–20.

International career

Diarra has represented Mali at

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, U23 and

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level. He won three caps for the U20s during the

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

in Turkey. He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against

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at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;TP Mazembe *

(2):

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, 2013–14 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diarra, Boubacar 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian men's footballers Mali men's under-20 international footballers Mali men's international footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Guinea Malian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Malian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Malian expatriate sportspeople in Sudan Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Malian expatriate sportspeople in India Men's association football midfielders Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Egyptian Premier League players Challenger Pro League players I-League players AS Korofina players TP Mazembe players Club Africain players Wadi Degla SC players Lierse S.K. players Al Hilal Club (Omdurman) players Najran SC players NEROCA FC players Horoya AC players 21st-century Malian sportsmen