Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)
{{Short description|Malian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cheick Diabaté
| image = Persepolis vs Zob Ahan 20 Jan 2023 03.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Diabaté with Persepolis in 2023
| fullname = Cheick Tidiane Diabaté
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bamako, Mali
| height = 1.94 m{{cite web |title=CHEICK DIABATÉ - L'Équipe|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur29384.html}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2000–2006
| youthclubs1 = Centre Salif Keita
| youthyears2 = 2006–2008
| youthclubs2 = Bordeaux
| years1 = 2008–2016
| clubs1 = Bordeaux
| caps1 = 127
| goals1 = 50
| years2 = 2008–2009
| clubs2 = → Ajaccio (loan)
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 14
| years3 = 2009–2010
| clubs3 = → Nancy (loan)
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = Osmanlıspor
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → Metz (loan)
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2018
| clubs6 = → Benevento (loan)
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 8
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = Emirates
| caps7 = 19
| goals7 = 10
| years8 = 2019–2021
| clubs8 = Esteghlal
| caps8 = 33
| goals8 = 17
| years9 = 2021–2022
| clubs9 = Al-Gharafa
| caps9 = 16
| goals9 = 10
| years10 = 2022–2023
| clubs10 = Persepolis
| caps10 = 9
| goals10 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalteam1 = Mali U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2016
| nationalteam2 = Mali
| nationalcaps2 = 39
| nationalgoals2 = 15
| club-update = 31 March 2023
| nationalteam-update =
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|MLI}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Medal|3rd|2012 Equatorial Guinea-Gabon|}}
{{Medal|3rd|2013 South Africa|}}
}}
Cheick Tidiane Diabaté (born 25 April 1988) is a Malian professional footballer. From 2005 to 2016, he played for the Mali national team internationally.
Club career
=Bordeaux=
Diabaté was promoted to the senior squad of Girondins de Bordeaux for the 2008–09 season following a successful season in the CFA, where he made 35 appearances and scored 18 goals. As Bordeaux preferred to field more experienced strikers, manager Laurent Blanc loaned Diabaté out to the Corsica-based and Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio to enable him to get more playing time.
==Ajaccio (loan)==
Diabaté made his debut for AC Ajaccio in their opening match of the 2008–09 Ligue 2 season, in a loss to Châteauroux, playing the full 90 minutes. In the second match, he scored a brace in their 3–1 away win over Stade de Reims.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J02&num_ordre=8 Reims v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. Three weeks later, he scored another brace, this time in a 4–0 home thrashing of Vannes.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J05&num_ordre=1 Ajaccio v. Vannes Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. He scored one goal in each of the following three Ligue 2 matches with Ajaccio earning wins over Brest[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J06&num_ordre=2 Brest v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. and Clermont[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J07&num_ordre=1 Ajaccio v. Clermont Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. and drawing with Nîmes.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J08&num_ordre=7 Nîmes v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
Diabaté's positive play continued throughout the season scoring important match-winning goals in Ligue 2 matches against Guingamp,[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J14&num_ordre=1 Ajaccio v. Guingamp Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. Lens,[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J27&num_ordre=6 Lens v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. Angers,[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J29&num_ordre=1 Angers v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. and Boulogne.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J34&num_ordre=3 Boulogne v. Ajaccio Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. He also scored a goal in the Derby Corse against SC Bastia, in a 1–1 home Ligue 2 draw.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J35&num_ordre=1 Ajaccio v. Bastia Match Report]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. Diabaté finished the season with 14 Ligue 2 goals, which made him the club's top scorer and placed him 4th among the top Ligue 2 scorers of the season; Ajaccio managed to stave off relegation only on the final day of the season.
While on loan to AC Ajaccio, Diabaté had his contract with Bordeaux extended until June 2013.[http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/bordeaux/article_316218_Bordeaux-Trois-prolongations.shtml Bordeaux: Trois prolongations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510210802/http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/bordeaux/article_316218_Bordeaux-Trois-prolongations.shtml |date=10 May 2009 }}. Mercato365.com (31 August 2011). Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
==Nancy (loan)==
Diabaté returned to Bordeaux on 1 July 2009. On 20 July, he was loaned out again, this time to fellow Ligue 1 club Nancy.[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090720_185220_trois-bordelais-a-nancy.html Trois Bordelais à Nancy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724092253/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090720_185220_trois-bordelais-a-nancy.html |date=24 July 2009 }}. L'Equipe. Retrieved on 22 September 2011. The striker spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, playing only three matches (two matches in Ligue 1 and one match in the Coupe de la Ligue) for the first team.
==Return to Bordeaux==
Diabaté scored two goals in the final of the 2013 Coupe de France to help Bordeaux defeat Evian TG 3–2.
Diabaté had an excellent 2013–14 Ligue 1 season with Bordeaux, registering 12 goals in 25 Ligue 1 matches and scoring in a 1–1 away draw against Toulouse FC, one goal in each of the two rounds of matches against FC Lorient, and a second-half brace in a 4–1 home win against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
=Osmanlıspor=
On 27 May 2016, Diabaté joined Osmanlıspor on a three-year contract.{{cite news|title=Cheick Diabaté file en Turquie|url=http://www.sofoot.com/cheick-diabate-file-en-turquie-223011.html|publisher=www.sofoot.com|date=28 May 2016|language=fr}} Having returned from his loan to Metz in the summer, it was reported in mid-August 2017 that he had agreed to the termination of his contract.{{cite news|title=Football : Cheick Diabaté est libre !|url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sports/2017/08/17/cheick-diabate-est-libre|access-date=29 September 2017|work=Le Républicaine Lorrain|date=17 August 2017|language=fr}}
==Metz (loan)==
On 30 December 2016, the Süper Lig club Osmanlıspor announced that Diabaté had been loaned to Ligue 1 club Metz until the end of the 2016–17 season, with Metz having an option to purchase him.{{cite news|title=Transfert : Cheick Diabaté prêté à Metz|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-cheick-diabate-prete-a-metz/764669|access-date=31 December 2016|work=L'Equipe|date=30 December 2016|language=fr}}{{cite news|title=Metz add striker Cheick Diabate on loan from Osmanlispor|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/3032685/metz-add-striker-cheick-diabate-on-loan-from-osmanlispor|date=5 January 2017|work=ESPN}} Diabaté helped Metz avoid relegation scoring eight goals in 14 matches and the club expressed interest in signing him permanently in June 2017.{{cite news|title=Football : le FC Metz joue l'attaque|url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sports/2017/06/22/football-le-fc-metz-joue-l-attaque|access-date=29 September 2017|work=Le Républicain Lorrain|date=22 June 2017|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=Metz ponder Cheick Diabate permanent deal|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/metz-ponder-cheick-diabate-permanent-deal/1biaugp5wzmr51v38sqakba31h|website=Goal|access-date=29 September 2017|date=28 June 2017}}
==Benevento (loan)==
In January 2018, Diabaté joined Serie A side Benevento on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|title=Cheick Diabaté à Benevento, c'est officiel|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Cheick-diabate-a-benevento-c-est-officiel/866419|access-date=13 January 2018|work=L'Équipe|date=13 January 2018|language=fr}}{{cite web|last1=Marino|first1=Guido|title=Calciomercato Benevento, chi è Cheick Diabaté: un ariete per il sogno salvezza|url=http://www.goal.com/it/notizie/calciomercato-benevento-chi-e-cheick-diabate-un-ariete-per/1kfy9sowm7nje1rjljk95ovb7e|website=Goal.com|access-date=13 January 2018|language=it|date=13 January 2018}} He scored his first goal in his first match for the Campanian team in a 3–2 win against Crotone.{{Cite news|url=https://en.as.com/resultados/futbol/italia/2017_2018/directo/regular_a_25_218416/?omnaut=1|title=Benevento vs. Crotone live: Serie A 2017/2018 - AS.com|last=AS|first=Diario|date=18 February 2018|work=AS.com|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}} Diabate also scored two goals a piece against Hellas Verona, Juventus, and Sassuolo. His goal scoring form was such that with six goals in three games he equaled a long-standing Serie A record held since 2001 by Dario Hubner.{{Cite news |title=Diabate equals 17-year Serie A goalscoring record |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37551310/cheick-diabate-equals-17-year-serie-goalscoring-record |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=ESPN.com |language=en}} He finished the season with eight goals in 11 games, having the best goal ratio among the players with more than one appearance in Serie A in 2010s, ahead of likes of Edinson Cavani, Romelu Lukaku, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović.{{cite web|url=http://www.onzemondial.com/serie-a/2019-2020/serie-a-cheikh-diabate-devance-cristiano-ronaldo-205668|title=SERIE A : CHEIKH DIABATÉ DEVANCE CRISTIANO RONALDO!|language=fr|date=23 December 2019|access-date=23 December 2019|publisher=Onze Mondial}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OptaPaolo/status/1209125350728445953|title=0.73 - Among players with more than one appearance in the #decade (2010-2019), Cheick Diabaté is the one with the best goal ratio in Serie A: 0.73, eight goals scored in 11 games. Surprise. #Opta2010s|publisher=Twitter|date=23 December 2019|access-date=23 December 2019}}
=Emirates Club=
On 18 September 2018, Diabaté joined Emirates Club on a one-year contract.{{Cite web|title=رسمياً..المالي "دياباتي" رابع الأجانب في الإمارات الإماراتي|url=https://kora.com/news/193964-رسمياالمالي-دياباتي-رابع-الأجانب-في-الإمارات-الإماراتي|trans-title=Official .. Malian, "Diabate" is the fourth foreigner in Emirates Club|date=18 September 2018|access-date=28 January 2021|language=ar}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
=Esteghlal=
File:Persepolis FC vs Esteghlal FC, 26 August 2020 - 065.jpg in Tehran Derby (August 2020)]]
On 9 July 2019, Diabaté signed for Iranian club Esteghlal on a two-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1356233|script-title=fa:رسمی؛ شیخ دیاباته با قراردادی 2 ساله به استقلال پیوست|trans-title=Official, Cheick Diabaté joined Esteghlal on a two-year contract.|publisher=Tarafdari|language=fa|date=9 July 2019|access-date=9 July 2019|first=Ehsan|last=Validoost}} He was handed the number 7 shirt.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcesteghlal.ir/news/item/4033/بازیکنان+استقلال+در+فصل+پیش+روی+با+چه+پیراهنی+به+میدان+می%E2%80%8Cروند؟ |title=بازیکنان استقلال در فصل پیش روی با چه پیراهنی به میدان میروند؟ |publisher=Esteghlal |date=28 July 2019 |access-date=28 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728164541/http://www.fcesteghlal.ir/news/item/4033/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%AF%D8%B1+%D9%81%D8%B5%D9%84+%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4+%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C+%D8%A8%D8%A7+%DA%86%D9%87+%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DB%8C+%D8%A8%D9%87+%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%9F |archive-date=28 July 2019 |url-status=dead }} He debuted for the club on 23 August, coming on as 67th-minute substitute for Farshid Esmaeili in a league match against Machine Sazi.{{cite web|url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1399157|script-title=fa:ماشین سازی 1-0 استقلال؛ شروع ناامیدکننده تیم استراماچونی در روز هنرنمایی تعویض طلایی خطیبی|trans-title=Machine Sazi 1-0 Esteghlal|publisher=Tarafdari|language=fa|date=23 August 2019|access-date=5 December 2019|first=Mehdi|last=Alishah}} Six days later, he made his first start in his first appearance at Azadi Stadium in a 1–1 draw against Foolad.{{cite web|url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1404619|script-title=fa:استقلال 1-1 فولاد خوزستان؛ سکته لحظه آخری تیم استراماچونی در آزادی!|trans-title=Esteghlal 1-1 Foolad|publisher=Tarafdari|language=fa|date=29 August 2019|access-date=30 December 2019|first=Mehdi|last=Alishah}} On 1 November, he scored his first goals for Esteghlal, netting a hat-trick in a 4–2 away win against Tractor.{{cite web|url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1457231|script-title=fa:تراکتور 2-4 استقلال؛ شیخ دیاباته، فاتح دره گرگها|trans-title=Tractor 2-4 Esteghlal|publisher=Tarafdari|language=fa|date=1 November 2019|access-date=8 December 2019|first=Reza|last=Hossein Zadeh}} He scored a brace in his AFC Champions League debut against Kuwait SC in a 3–0 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1520743|script-title=fa:استقلال 3-0 الکویت؛ شروع طوفانی فرهاد مجیدی در کشور ثالث|trans-title= Esteghlal 3-0 Kuwait SC|publisher=Tarafdari|language=fa|date=25 January 2020|access-date=25 January 2020|first=Ali|last=Kalhori}} He ended the season with a tally of 18 goals in all competitions of which his 13 goals in the league made him the top scorer for that season.{{Cite web|title="شیخ دیاباته" آقای گل لیگ نوزدهم شد|url=https://iranleague.ir/fa/News/Detail/136101/-شیخ-دیاباته-آقای-گل-لیگ-نوزدهم-شد|script-title=fa:«شیخ دیاباته» آقای گل لیگ نوزدهم شد|trans-title=Cheick Diabaté the top scorer of the nineteenth league|date=21 August 2020|access-date=21 August 2020|website=سازمان لیگ فوتبال ایران|language=fa}}
= Al-Gharafa =
= Persepolis =
On 2 September 2022, Diabaté joined Persian Gulf Pro League side Persepolis on a one-year deal.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=شیخ دیاباته رسما به پرسپولیس پیوست |trans-title=Cheich Diabate officially joined Persepolis |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5579576/شیخ-دیاباته-رسما-به-پرسپولیس-پیوست |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}{{Cite web |title=انتقال دیاباته به پرسپولیس رسمی شد |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1841681/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=ورزش سه |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Cheick Diabate joins Persepolis | url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476333 |website=Tehran Times |access-date=2022-09-09}} He received the squad number 25 shirt. Diabaté debuted for the club on 13 October, coming on as 85th-minute substitute for Jürgen Locadia in a league match against Mes Rafsanjan.{{Cite web |last=جهان |first=Fararu {{!}} فرارو {{!}} اخبار روز ایران و |title=(عکس) نخستین بازی یاغی با پیراهن پرسپولیس؛ دیاباته جایگزین لوکادیا شد |url=https://fararu.com/fa/news/580155 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=fa |language=fa}}
International career
Diabaté started out with Mali's national under-17 team where they participated in the 2005 African U-17 Championship. He scored a goal in each of their group stage matches but Mali failed to advance to the knock-out stage.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u17-05.html |title=African U-17 Championship 2005 |author1=Díaz Rubio, Julian |author2=Kalumiana, Kalumiana |website=RSSSF |access-date=24 January 2012 }} Less than a month after that tournament, he made his senior debut against Liberia in a 2006 World Cup qualifier 5 June 2005, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Dramane Coulibaly; Mali won the match 4–1.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=35805/report.html |title=Match Report: Mali – Liberia |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721015219/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7381/matches/match%3D35805/report.html |archive-date=21 July 2012}} Diabaté was a member of the Mali side that earned third place at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He finished the tournament as one of the top scorers, having netted three goals in total, including two in the third place play-off against Ghana on 11 February 2012, which Mali won 2–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/-/690266/1325676/-/n9l6uh/-/ |title=Mali beat Ghana to finish third |author=Agencies |work=Daily Monitor |location=Uganda |access-date=13 February 2012 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|31 March 2023}}{{cite web|title=Cheick Diabaté (Mali) - Profile and career statistics|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-cheick-tidiane-diabate/41367/|website=Soccerway|access-date=16 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Cheick Diabaté - Mali|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/11752/Cheick_Diabate.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=16 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Cheick Diabaté - Football : la fiche de Cheick Diabaté
|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur29384.html|website=L'Equipe|language=fr|access-date=22 August 2016}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia, UAE League Cup and Iranian Hazfi Cup.}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue.}} !colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa League and AFC Champions League.}} !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Bordeaux
|rowspan="6"|Ligue 1 |16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2011–12
|26 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 8 | ||||
| 2012–13
|23 | 8 | 4 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 4 | 35 | 18 | ||
| 2013–14
|25 | 12 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15
|15 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | ||
| 2015–16
|22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!127 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 152 | 66 | |
| Ajaccio (loan)
|30 | 14 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 14 | ||||
| Nancy (loan)
|Ligue 1 |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| Osmanlıspor
|8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | ||
| Metz (loan)
|Ligue 1 |14 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 8 | ||||
| Benevento (loan)
|11 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Emirates
|19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 14 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Esteghlal
|rowspan="2"|Persian Gulf Pro League |21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | ||
| 2020–21
|12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 5 | 19 | 8 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 17 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 9 | 47 | 28 | ||
| Al-Gharafa
|16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | ||
| Persepolis
|Persian Gulf Pro League |9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 3 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!269 | 120 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 326 | 160 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diabaté goal.
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|+ List of international goals scored by Cheick Diabaté{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/11752/Cheick_Diabate.html|title=Diabaté, Cheick|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=12 December 2016}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
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| align="center"|1 | 18 November 2008 | Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen, France | {{fb|ALG}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–1 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 26 March 2011 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|ZIM}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|3 | 10 August 2011 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia | {{fb|TUN}} | align="center"|4–2 | align="center"|4–2 | Friendly |
| align="center"|4 | rowspan="2"|3 September 2011 | rowspan="2"|Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | rowspan="2"|{{fb|CPV}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 | rowspan="2"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|5 | align="center"|2–0 | |||||
| align="center"|6 | 8 October 2011 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia | {{fb|LBR}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|2–2 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|7 | 5 February 2012 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon | {{fb|GAB}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–1 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations |
| align="center"|8 | rowspan="2"|11 February 2012 | rowspan="2"|Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | rowspan="2"|{{fb|GHA}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–0 | rowspan="2"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations |
| align="center"|9 | align="center"|2–0 | |||||
| align="center"|10 | 8 October 2012 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|BOT}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|3–0 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|11 | 13 October 2012 | Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse, Botswana | {{fb|BOT}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|4–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|12 | 13 June 2013 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|BEN}} | align="center"|2–2 | align="center"|2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|13 | 5 March 2014 | Stade Municipal Saint-Leu.-la-Forêt, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France | {{fb|SEN}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–1 | Friendly |
| align="center"|14 | 7 September 2014 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|MAW}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|15 | 11 November 2015 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|BOT}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Bordeaux
Esteghlal
Persepolis
Mali
- Africa Cup of Nations third Place: 2012, 2013
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations top scorer: 2012 (three goals)
- Coupe de France top scorer: 2012–13 (six goals)
- Persian Gulf Pro League top scorer: 2019–20 (15 goals)
References
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External links
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