Djibril Diawara (born 3 January 1975) is a retired French-Senegalese footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1993 | RCF Paris | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Le Havre | 58 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Monaco | 24 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | Torino | 21 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2002 | Cosenza | 8 | (1) |
| Total | 120 | (2) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editHe played for Le Havre, Monaco, Torino and Bolton Wanderers during his professional career.
Diawara played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.[1]
He went on loan to Bolton in the Premier League in 2001 and made 9 league appearances, getting sent off once against Everton.[2]
Honours
editMonaco
References
edit- ^ "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Last-gasp Bolton thwart Everton". BBC. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
External links
edit- Djibril Diawara at Soccerbase
- Player profile - lfp.fr (in French)
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