Souleymane Diaby (footballer, born 1999)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Souleymane Diaby

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Divo, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub = FC Winterthur

| clubnumber = 18

| years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Bingerville | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = Denguélé | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2017–2021 | clubs3 = Gagnoa | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2021– | clubs4 = Winterthur | caps4 = 91 | goals4 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Ivory Coast U17

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2017

| nationalteam2 = Ivory Coast U20

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 29 December 2024

| nationalteam-update = 00:20, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

}}

Souleymane Diaby (born 8 October 1999) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Winterthur.

Club career

Diaby began his senior career in the Ivory Coast with Bingerville, and moved to Denguélé briefly in 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he played with Gagnoa. On 3 July 2021, he moved to the Swiss club Winterthur.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ami-sportif.com/2021/07/03/mercato-diaby-souleymane-file-en-d2-suisse/|title=Mercato : Diaby Souleymane file en D2 suisse – ami-sportif.com}} He helped Winterthur win the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League, and earned promotion into the Swiss Super League. He extended his contract with Winterthur on 28 July 2022 for three more years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-ivoire.ci/football-transferts/winterthur-souleymane-diaby-prolong%C3%A9|title=Winterthur : Souleymane Diaby prolongé|date=28 July 2022|website=Sport-ivoire.ci}} He made his professional debut with Winterthur in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to St. Gallen on 23 June 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://lekpakpatosportif.net/mercato-suisse-souleymane-diaby-a-ete-prolonge-par-fc-winterthur/|title=Mercato / Suisse : Souleymane Diaby a été prolongé par FC Winterthur|date=27 July 2022}}

International career

Diaby is a youth international for Ivory Coast, having played for the Ivory Coast U17s and U20s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fratmat.info/article/80545/Sports/chan-2018--les-surprises-du-coach-des-elephants|title=CHAN 2018 : Les surprises du coach des éléphants|website=www.fratmat.info}} In March 2021, he received a call-up to the senior Ivory Coast senior national team for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-ivoire.ci/football-international/souleymane-diaby-%C2%AB%C2%A0javais-tout-le-temps-faim-sur-le-terrain%C2%A0%C2%BB|title=Souleymane Diaby : " J'avais tout le temps faim sur le terrain "|date=3 June 2022|website=Sport-ivoire.ci}}

Honours

Winterthur

Swiss Challenge League: 2021–22

Individual

Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2017{{Cite web |title=Hirst named in Team of the Tournament |url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2017/june/hirst-named-in-team-of-the-tournament/ |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=www.swfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}