Bernard Diomède

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bernard Diomède

| image = Bernard Diomede.jpg

| caption = Diomède in 2012

| fullname = Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède{{cite journal |date=15 November 2013 |title=Décret du 14 novembre 2013 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 14 November 2013 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000028197686 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=2013 |issue=265 |id=PREX1326006D |access-date=16 February 2025 |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|23|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bernard-diomede/ |title=Bernard Diomède: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=2 January 2021}}

| birth_place = Saint-Doulchard, Cher, France

| height = 1.75 m{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1924/Bernard-Diomede/overview |title=Bernard Diomede: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=2 January 2021}}

| position = Winger{{Hugman|5165|Bernard Diomede|access-date=2 January 2021}}

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1992–2000 | clubs1 = Auxerre | caps1 = 176 | goals1 = 30

| years2 = 2000–2003 | clubs2 = Liverpool | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2003 | clubs3 = → Ajaccio (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Ajaccio | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2005 | clubs5 = Créteil | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = Clermont Foot | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 1

| totalcaps = 248 | totalgoals = 44

| nationalyears1 = 1998 | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs1 = France U17

| manageryears2 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs2 = France U18

| manageryears3 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs3 = France U19

| manageryears4 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs4 = France U20

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

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Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède (born 23 January 1974) is a French football manager and former professional player. He was most recently the manager of the France U20s. He played as a winger and won the World Cup with France in 1998.

Early life

Diomède was born in Saint-Doulchard, Cher,{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2648.html |title=Bernard Diomède |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=fr}} to parents of Guadeloupean descent.{{cite web |title=Top 10 des Guadeloupéens de L1 |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Top-10-des-guadeloupeens-de-l1/624679 |website=France Football |accessdate=17 July 2018 |date=15 January 2016}}

Club career

Diomède's career began with AJ Auxerre. After playing at youth level for the club, he made his Division 1 debut in 1992. He played in the first team during eight years, under Guy Roux Auxerre won the Division 1 and Coupe de France double in 1996. The winger scored 30 goals in 175 Ligue 1 matches for Auxerre.{{cite web |title=Bernard Diomède at AJ Auxerre |url=http://www.histoaja.free.fr/joueurs/diomede.htm |publisher=histoaja.free.fr |accessdate=4 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917012724/http://www.histoaja.free.fr/joueurs/diomede.htm |archivedate=17 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}

In June 2000, Diomède was signed for £3m by then Liverpool F.C. manager Gérard Houllier.{{cite web |title=Reds swoop for Diomede |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/781663.stm |publisher=BBC |date=7 June 2000 |accessdate=4 December 2006 }} Making his debut against Sunderland, Diomède appeared to have scored with an overhead kick, but the goal was not given even though replays showed that the ball had crossed the line.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=290 |title=Player Profile |publisher=lfchistory.net |accessdate=16 January 2008}} However, he did not settle in England, and only played five matches for Liverpool. In January 2003, he was loaned out to AC Ajaccio, newly promoted in France's Ligue 1, until the end of his contract.{{cite web |title=Past Player Profile – Bernard Diomede |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/diomede/ |publisher=liverpoolfc.tv |accessdate=4 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926141804/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/diomede/ |archivedate=26 September 2006 |df=dmy-all }} After his spell at Liverpool had come to an end, he joined the Ligue 2 team Créteil, and then Clermont Foot in the Championnat National (3rd division).{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

International career

Diomède was capped eight times for the France national team, but never scored. He received his first cap in a friendly against Spain on 28 January 1998. At the 1998 World Cup he started in three matches, against Saudi Arabia and Denmark in the group stage and against Paraguay in the round of 16. He was unable to regain his place in the France national team after the 1998 World Cup.{{cite web |title=Bernard Diomède – Liste des matchs joués |url=http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?cherche_joueur=DIOMEDE |publisher=Fédération Française de Football |accessdate=4 December 2006 }}

Retirement

On 18 January 2008, Diomède announced his retirement from the game after being without a club for 18 months.{{cite web |title=DIOMEDE HANGS UP HIS BOOTS |url=http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8698_3058287,00.html |publisher=Football 365 |accessdate=18 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120085539/http://www.football365.com/story/0%2C17033%2C8698_3058287%2C00.html |archivedate=20 January 2008 |df=dmy-all }}

He now runs the Bernard Diomede Football Academy at the Saint Nicolas high school in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just south of Paris.{{cite web |url=http://www.manageo.fr/fiche_info/513359174/28/academie-bernard-diomede.html |title=Academie Bernard Diomede}}

Honours

Auxerre

Division 1: 1995–96{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Coupe de France: 1995–96{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

France

FIFA World Cup: 1998{{cite web|title=Match Report|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/france1998/matches/round=1027/match=8788/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221151811/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/france1998/matches/round=1027/match=8788/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2013|website=FIFA.com|publisher=FIFA|access-date=8 June 2023}}

Orders

Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998{{cite journal |date=25 July 1998 |title=Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel |trans-title=Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000374701 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=1998 |issue=170 |id=PREX9801916D |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=fr}}
Officer of the National Order of Merit: 2013