Check Oumar Diakité (born 5 December 2002) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

Early life

Born in

Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis Montreuil (), also known unofficially as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the Mét ...

, Diakité went to several Francilian clubs, such as

Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. History The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1988. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of ...

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

and Montrouge FC92, before joining

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

in the summer of 2019.

Club career

Diakité made his professional debut for

on the 21 November 2020, coming on as a half-time substitute against

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or by the abbreviation AJA, is a French professional association football, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club plays in L ...

, as Paris FC, the then leaders of Ligue 2, where already down 3–0, eventually losing the game with that score. He got his first debut a few weeks later against

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

, then ending the year with another debut in the 3–2 win against

USL Dunkerque Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque () is a Association football, football club based in Dunkirk, France. It competes in Ligue 2, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in the 2022–23 Championnat National, 2022–23 seas ...

on the 22 December 2020. In August 2023, Diakité signed for

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

club

on a three-year deal.

Personal life

Born in France, Diakité is of Malian descent.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diakite, Check Oumar 2002 births Footballers from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis French sportspeople of Malian descent Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Choisy-le-Roi players Paris FC players Le Havre AC players Adanaspor footballers Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen