Fousseni Diabaté
{{Short description|Malian footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fousseni Diabaté
| image = Leicester 1 Chelsea 2 (AET) (39086583770) (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Diabaté playing for Leicester City in 2018
| fullname = Fousseni Diabaté{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=2163361 |title=Fousseni Diabate |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |accessdate=20 January 2020}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|10|18|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/32936/Fousseni-Diabat%C3%A9/overview |title=Fousseni Diabaté: Overview |publisher=Premier League |accessdate=27 August 2019}}
| birth_place = Aubervilliers, France
| position = Attacking midfielder, forward
| currentclub = Lausanne-Sport
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = 2004–2011
| youthclubs1 = Rennes
| youthyears2 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs2 = Reims
| years1 = 2013–2015
| clubs1 = Reims II
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015–2017
| clubs2 = Guingamp II
| caps2 = 49
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Gazélec Ajaccio
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2018–2020
| clubs4 = Leicester City
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019
| clubs5 = → Sivasspor (loan)
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2019–2020
| clubs6 = → Amiens (loan)
| caps6 = 20
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2020–2022
| clubs7 = Trabzonspor
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2021
| clubs8 = → Göztepe (loan)
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2021–2022
| clubs9 = → Giresunspor (loan)
| caps9 = 34
| goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2022–2023
| clubs10 = Partizan
| caps10 = 32
| goals10 = 2
| years11 = 2023–
| clubs11 = Lausanne-Sport
| caps11 = 55
| goals11 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Mali U20
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016
| nationalteam2 = Mali U23
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2023–
| nationalteam3 = Mali
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{MLI}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}
{{Medal|3rd|2015 New Zealand|U-20 Team}}
| pcupdate = 26 April 2025
| ntupdate = 23:06, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
}}
Fousseni Diabaté (born 18 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team.
Club career
Diabaté was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis. He was at the youth academy at Stade Rennais for seven years before being kicked out, and thereafter joined Stade de Reims.{{cite web |url=http://www.stade-rennais-online.com/Fousseni-Diabate-a-charge-de.html |title=Fousseni Diabaté, à charge de revanche |publisher=}} He played for the reserves of En Avant de Guingamp before joining Gazélec Ajaccio on 20 June 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.gfca-foot.com/v1/l2-diabate-fousseni-rejoint-le-gfca-112211 |title=L2 – Diabate Fousseni rejoint le GFCA – Gazélec Ajaccio |date=20 June 2017 |publisher= |access-date=14 October 2017 |archive-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713233334/https://www.gfca-foot.com/v1/l2-diabate-fousseni-rejoint-le-gfca-112211 |url-status=dead }} He made his professional debut with Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes FC on 28 July 2017, assisting his side's only goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83206 |title=LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino's Ligue 2 – Saison 2017/2018 – 1ère journée – Valenciennes FC / Gazélec FC Ajaccio |website=www.lfp.fr}}
On 13 January 2018, Diabaté moved to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42674693 |title=Leicester City: Fousseni Diabate joins Foxes from Gazelec Ajaccio |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2018 |accessdate=13 January 2018}} Two weeks later, he made his debut for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round match against Peterborough United and scored twice in a 5–1 win.{{cite news |last=Law |first=James |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42756095 |title=Peterborough United 1–5 Leicester City |date=27 January 2018 |accessdate=27 January 2018 |publisher=BBC}}
He joined Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46823629|title=Leicester's Diabate joins Sivasspor on loan|work=BBC Sport}}
On 25 September 2020, Diabaté joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.lcfc.com/news/1841300/fousseni-diabat-joins-trabzonspor-on-permanent-deal|title=Fousseni Diabaté Joins Trabzonspor On Permanent Deal|publisher=Leicester City F.C.|date=25 September 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020}}
On 7 July 2022, it was announced that Diabaté signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Partizan being handed the #18 shirt. Diabaté made his debut on 23 July against TSC in a 0–0 draw; he came into the game in the 57th minute as a sub for Nikola Terzić.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/07/23/serbia/super-liga/fk-partizan-beograd/fk-baka-topola/3798200/|title=Diabaté makes his debut at Partizan|website=Soccerway.com|date=23 July 2022}} On 11 August, Diabaté made his second appearance in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, a 2–2 home draw against AEK Larnaca. He provided two assists for Ricardo Gomes,{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/11/europe/uefa-cup/fk-partizan-beograd/aek-larnaca/3876595/|title=Partizan vs. Aek Larnaca|website=Soccerway.com|date=11 August 2022}} Diabaté scored the first goal in a 4–1 win over Ħamrun Spartans in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/18/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/fk-partizan-beograd/hamrun-spartans-fc/3906526/|title=Partizan vs. Ħamrun Spartans|website=Soccerway.com|date=18 August 2022}}
In the group stage, Diabaté played in all six games and scored four goals.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/09/08/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/1-fc-slovacko/fk-partizan-beograd/3947048/|title=Diabaté score twice in (Uherské Hradiště)|website=Soccerway.com|date=8 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/09/15/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/fk-partizan-beograd/olympique-gymnaste-club-de-nice-cote-dazur/3947057/|title=Equalizing goal against Nice|website=Soccerway.com|date=15 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/10/13/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/fk-partizan-beograd/1-fc-koln/3947070/|title=15th minute opener against Koln|website=Soccerway.com|date=13 October 2022}} Diabaté scored his debut goal in the SuperLiga on the road against Napredak. Diabaté made a sudden attempt, the ball caught Dejan Kerkez on the way to the goal and outwitted the helpless Nikola Petrić.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2023/02/05/serbia/super-liga/fk-napredak-krusevac/fk-partizan-beograd/3798335/|title=NAPREDAK VS. PARTIZAN 0 - 1|website=Soccerway.com|date=5 February 2023}}
On 7 September 2023, Diabaté signed a two-year contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.{{cite web|publisher=Lausanne-Sport|url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/fousseni-diabate-est-lausannois/|title=FOUSSENI DIABATÉ EST LAUSANNOIS !|trans-title=FOUSSENI DIABATÉ IS AT LAUSANNE!|date=7 September 2023|access-date=19 September 2023|language=fr}}
International career
Diabaté made one appearance for the Mali U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in a 2–0 loss to the Serbia U20s,{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=271602/match=300269561/index.html#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073951/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=271602/match=300269561/index.html#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 May 2015 |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – Matches – Serbia-Mali – FIFA.com |last=FIFA.com |website=FIFA.com}} as well as 5 games at the 2015 African U-20 Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/19theditionoftheafricanunder20championship/MatchDetails?MatchId=+iOMeap0uf8Eb5LpbKd+XtyVGsX/wQDqZXSyYrOlkpupKE9h8BcgUBpaRuHZCxnS |title=CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details |first=CAF – Confederation of African |last=Football |website=cafonline.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/19theditionoftheafricanunder20championship/MatchDetails?MatchId=4U/idU3O2SaEV9cThQQpOol/3NRsKR7u2lNhYmperiOcZf0hyBcvbvA8QF4UkK1J |title=CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details |first=CAF – Confederation of African |last=Football |website=cafonline.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/19theditionoftheafricanunder20championship/MatchDetails?MatchId=L5Iimc8TqiTOqOYeeL7k7friN45fjuGH7YfnLI8BDMpdh56GeQevyhW/UBzwzoFk |title=CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details |first=CAF – Confederation of African |last=Football |website=cafonline.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/19theditionoftheafricanunder20championship/MatchDetails?MatchId=ZrNVMOLyt6YQLk8YRDj6ndg++SiL3kDIkKvqqY6jtimXX7RlFvv/cn2NG2qIVTrU |title=CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details |first=CAF – Confederation of African |last=Football |website=cafonline.com}} He also appeared for the Mali U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament.{{cite web |url=http://malifootball.com/officiel-la-liste-des-joueurs-retenus-pour-le-tournoi-de-toulon/ |title=Officiel : La liste des joueurs retenus pour le Tournoi de Toulon ! – Malifootball |date=19 May 2016 |publisher=}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|26 April 2025|{{cite web |title=F. Diabaté |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/fousseni-diabate/311892/ |work=soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=17 January 2017}}}}
| 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"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Stade Reims II
|2013–14{{soccerbase season|99996|2013|accessdate=15 January 2018}} |11 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Guingamp II
|2015–16{{soccerbase season|99996|2015|accessdate=15 January 2018}} |CFA 2 |23 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|99996|2016|accessdate=15 January 2018}}
|CFA 2 |26 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | |
| Guingamp
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gazélec Ajaccio
|2017–18{{soccerbase season|99996|2017|accessdate=15 January 2018}} |18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Leicester City
|14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19
|Premier League |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| Sivasspor (loan)
|17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Amiens (loan)
|20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Trabzonspor
|Süper Lig |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Göztepe (loan)
|2021 |Süper Lig |18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Giresunspor (loan)
|Süper Lig |34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | |||
| Partizan
|32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Lausanne-Sport
|25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25
|Swiss Super League |30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 7 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 8 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 60 | 9 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!270 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 48 |
=International=
{{Updated|match played on 26 March 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|Mali
|2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||11||0 |
References
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External links
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- {{LFP}}
- {{Soccerway}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150908140930/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=386655/index.html FIFA Profile]
- {{Lequipe}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{FC Lausanne-Sport squad}}
{{Mali squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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