Lassana Diakhaby

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lassana Diakhaby

| full_name =

| image = FC Versailles 78 v. FC Villefranche-Beaujolais (Championnat National) - 7e journée - Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris XVI, FR75) - 22-09-2023 14.jpg

| caption = Diakhaby in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| height = 1.84m{{cite web | title=Lassana Diakhaby Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more | website=FBref.com | date=January 1, 1996 | url=https://fbref.com/en/players/eee22f51/Lassana-Diakhaby | access-date=April 3, 2023}}

| position = Left-back

| currentclub = Versailles

| clubnumber = 6

| youthyears1 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs1 = Troyes

| years1 = 2014–2015 | clubs1 = Troyes II | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = Angers II | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2018 | clubs3 = Virton | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = Rodange | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Trélissac | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Martigues | caps7 = 53 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Versailles | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Mauritania

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 1 December 2024

| pcupdate = 1 January 2025

}}

Lassana Diakhaby (born 1 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Championnat National club Versailles.{{Soccerway|lassana-diakhaby/403696}} Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Diakhaby began his career in his native France with the reserves of Troyes and Angers. In the summer of 2016, he moved to Virton where he spent a couple of seasons.{{cite web | last=Golinvaux | first=Mathieu | title=Détail d'article | website=lavenir.net | date=October 4, 2016 | url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/luxembourg/sports/2016/10/04/le-revers-a-heist-nous-a-servis-UG5NTJHLLRDMHNJIZJH7F42Q7Q/ | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}} He then moved to the Luxembourgian club Rodange on 19 January 2018, where he helped them win the 2018–2019 Luxembourg Division of Honour and earn a promotion.{{cite web | title=Lassana Diakhaby s'engage avec Rodange | website=Virgule | date=January 19, 2018 | url=https://www.wort.lu/fr/sport/lassana-diakhaby-s-engage-avec-rodange-5a6212ebc1097cee25b7c163 | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}} He returned to France with Trélissac in 2020, and the next season had a stint with Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. On 22 June 2021, he moved to Martigues, again achieving promotion into the Championnat National.{{cite web | title=Mercato : Lassana Diakhaby huitième recrue du FC Martigues | website=FC Martigues | date=June 22, 2021 | url=https://fcmartigues.com/2021/06/22/mercato-lassana-diakhaby-huitieme-recrue-du-fc-martigues/ | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}

International career

Born in France, Diakhaby is French, Mauritanian and Senegalese.{{cite web | title=Football | website=LaProvence.com | date=June 22, 2021 | url=https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6397993/football-national-2-une-huitieme-recrue-pour-le-fc-martigues.html | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}} He was called up to the Mauritania national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.{{cite web | title="C'est une immense fierté d'être sélectionné avec la Mauritanie" Lassana Diakhaby FC Martigues – Martigues – Sports | website=maritima.info | date=March 21, 2023 | url=https://www.maritima.info/depeches/sports/martigues/87912/-c-est-une-immense-fierte-d-etre-selectionne-avec-la-mauritanie-lassana-diakhaby-fc-martigues.html | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}

Personal life

Diakhaby's twin brother Alfhhusein Diakhaby is a semi-pro footballer.{{cite web | last=Smars | first=Arnaud | title=Détail d'article | website=lavenir.net | date=November 13, 2021 | url=https://www.lavenir.net/sports/football/2021/11/13/football-d2-acff-diakhaby-la-force-tranquille-de-la-real-USSGLAHW6NC6TKZKDDSJC2LVVU/ | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}