Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lille.

Bafodé Diakité
Diakité with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
Lille
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2013 Toulouse ACF
2013–2018 Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Toulouse B 10 (3)
2018–2022 Toulouse 72 (7)
2022– Lille 67 (8)
International career
2016–2017 France U16 8 (0)
2018–2019 France U18 6 (0)
2019 France U19 3 (1)
2022–2023 France U21 4 (0)
2024 France Olympic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Early life

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Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.[1]

Club career

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Toulouse

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Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.[2]

Lille

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On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.[3]

International career

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Diakité is a youth international for France.[4] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.[5] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.[6]

Career statistics

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As of match played 11 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toulouse II 2018–19 CFA 3 9 3 9 3
2021–22 CFA 3 1 0 1 0
Total 10 3 10 3
Toulouse 2018–19 Ligue 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 10 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 16 2 1 0 17 2
2020–21 Ligue 2 23 2 3 0 2 0 28 2
2021–22 Ligue 2 24 2 3 0 27 2
Total 72 7 8 0 0 0 2 0 82 7
Lille 2022–23 Ligue 1 33 3 3 0 36 3
2023–24 Ligue 1 20 5 0 0 7[a] 1 27 6
2024–25 Ligue 1 14 0 0 0 9[b] 0 23 0
Total 67 8 3 0 16 1 86 9
Career total 149 18 11 0 0 0 16 1 2 0 178 19
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Toulouse

References

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  1. ^ "Bafodé DIAKITE". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 16 - Stade de Reims / Toulouse FC". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Transfert : l'enfant du TFC Bafodé Diakité officiellement à Lille". La Dépêche (in French). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ Rodolph, Tomegah (27 October 2018). "Bafode Diakité: Le jeune franco-guinéen signe pro avec Toulouse".
  5. ^ Mayen, Philippe (3 June 2024). "La pré-liste pour les JO". FFF (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ^ Lemaître, Clément (29 May 2024). "Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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