Bafodé Diakité
{{short description|French footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bafodé Diakité
| image = Bafodé Diakité asse losc 2425 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Diakité with Lille in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toulouse, France
| height = 1.85m
| position = Centre-back, left-back, right-back
| currentclub = Lille
| clubnumber = 18
| youthyears1 = 2008–2013
| youthclubs1 = Toulouse ACF
| youthyears2 = 2013–2018
| youthclubs2 = Toulouse
| years1 = 2018–2021
| clubs1 = Toulouse B
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2018–2022
| clubs2 = Toulouse
| caps2 = 72
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2022–
| clubs3 = Lille
| caps3 = 81
| goals3 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam1 = France U16
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam2 = France U18
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019
| nationalteam3 = France U19
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2022–2023
| nationalteam4 = France U21
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2024
| nationalteam5 = France Olympic
| nationalcaps5 = 2
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| club-update = 21:00, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
}}
Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lille.
Early life
Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.{{Cite web |title=Bafodé DIAKITE |url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/bafode-diakite-21848/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=unfp.org |language=fr}}
Club career
=Toulouse=
Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/feuille_match/84768|title=Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 16 - Stade de Reims / Toulouse FC|website=ligue1.com|accessdate=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328165245/https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/feuille_match/84768|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead}}
= Lille =
On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.{{cite web |language=fr |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/08/05/video-transfert-lenfant-du-tfc-bafode-diakite-officiellement-a-lille-10474524.php |title=Transfert : l'enfant du TFC Bafodé Diakité officiellement à Lille |date=5 August 2022 |website=La Dépêche |access-date=5 August 2022}}
International career
Diakité is a youth international for France.{{cite web |last=Rodolph |first=Tomegah |date=27 October 2018 |title=Bafode Diakité: Le jeune franco-guinéen signe pro avec Toulouse |url=https://www.africatopsports.com/2018/10/27/bafode-diakite-jeune-franco-guineen-signe-pro-toulouse/ |publisher=}} In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.{{cite news |language=fr |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/12621-la-pre-liste-pour-les-jo.html |title=La pré-liste pour les JO |last=Mayen |first=Philippe |date=3 June 2024 |website=FFF |access-date=22 August 2024}} However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.{{cite news |language=fr |url=https://www.eurosport.fr/football/paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-le-losc-refuserait-de-liberer-chevalier-yoro-et-diakite-pour-les-jo_sto20007670/story.shtml |title=Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO |last=Lemaître |first=Clément |date=29 May 2024 |website=Eurosport |access-date=22 August 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Toulouse II
|9 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 3 | |||||
| 2021–22
|CFA 3 |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 3 | |||||
| rowspan="5"|Toulouse
|9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20
|Ligue 1 |16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21
|23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22
|Ligue 2 |24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!72 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 82 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Lille
|Ligue 1 |33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24
|Ligue 1 |20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 6 | |||
| 2024–25
|Ligue 1 |28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!81 | 10 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 106 | 11 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!165 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 21 |
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Honours
Toulouse
- Ligue 2: 2021–22{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT |trans-title=Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion |url=https://www.toulousefc.com/fr/le-toulouse-football-club-est-champion-de-ligue-2-bkt |access-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=Toulouse FC |language=fr}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{LFP Ligue 1|bafode-diakite}}
- {{Soccerway|bafode-diakite/567492}}
- [http://www.tfc.info/bafode-diakite TFC Profile]
- {{FFF player|7754-diakite-bafode}}
- {{FFF male player|2545119132}}
{{Lille OSC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diakité, Bafodé}}
Category:Footballers from Toulouse
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Guinean descent
Category:Guinean men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Black French sportspeople
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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