Moussa Diarra (footballer, born 1990)

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Moussa Diarra

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Élancourt, France
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Eastbourne Borough
Number	6
Youth career
	OSC Élancourt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Horley Town
2012–2013	St Albans City	17	(4)
2013–2015	Hemel Hempstead Town	63	(3)
2014	→ Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	7	(0)
2015	→ Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	8	(5)
2015–2016	Hampton & Richmond Borough	45	(14)
2016–2018	Barrow	84	(8)
2018–2019	Dover Athletic	16	(0)
2019	→ Woking (loan)	11	(1)
2019–2020	Woking	32	(2)
2020–2021	Havant & Waterlooville	12	(1)
2021–2022	Woking	60	(6)
2022–2024	Barnet	20	(1)
2023–2024	→ Dartford (loan)	20	(1)
2024	→ Eastbourne Borough (loan)	15	(4)
2024–	Eastbourne Borough	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Moussa Diarra (born 4 February 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for National League South club Eastbourne Borough.

Career

Diarra was born in Élancourt and played for clubs in his home town, and in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, before moving to England in 2011. He had a trial with Tooting & Mitcham United before joining Horley Town in October 2011. In February 2012, he joined St Albans City, before signing for Hemel Hempstead Town in January 2013.[2][3] After two loan spells with Hampton & Richmond Borough in the 2014-15 season, Diarra joined the Beavers permanently in July 2015.[4] After one season, he became a full-time player after joining Barrow in summer 2016.[5] He joined Dover Athletic for the 2018-19 season as he wanted to live closer to France, but struggled to break into the team as he recovered from a pulled hamstring and joined Woking on loan until the end of the season, when the move was made permanent.[6] Diarra turned down a new contract offer from the Cards at the end of the season and joined Havant & Waterlooville. However, he re-joined Woking on a permanent basis after the National League South season was curtailed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[7] Diarra signed for Barnet ahead of the 2022-23 season.[8]

On 26 August 2023, Diarra joined Dartford on loan until January 2024. Then, he joined Eastbourne Borough on loan until the end of the 2023-24 season,[9] when he was released by Barnet.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Horley Town	2011–12[3]	CCL Premier Division	No data currently available
St Albans City	2011–12[2]	Southern League Premier Division	4	1	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	5	1
	2012–13[2]	Southern League Premier Division	13	3	3	0	0	0	2[b]	1	18	4
	Total		17	4	3	0	0	0	3	1	23	5
Hemel Hempstead Town	2011–12[2]	Southern League Premier Division	11	1	0	0	0	0	2[c]	0	13	1
	2013–14[2]	Southern League Premier Division	35	2	6	0	0	0	5[d]	1	46	3
	2014–15[1]	Conference South	17	0	3	0	0	0	3[e]	0	23	0
	Total		63	3	9	0	0	0	10	1	82	4
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	2014–15[11]	Isthmian League Premier Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	1[f]	1	8	1
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	2014–15[12]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Hampton & Richmond Borough	2015–16[13]	Isthmian League Premier Division	45	12	1	0	0	0	4[e]	0	50	12
	Total		60	17	1	0	0	0	5	1	66	18
Barrow	2016–17[1]	National League	46	5	4	0	0	0	5[e]	0	55	5
	2017–18[1]	National League	38	3	0	0	0	0	3[e]	0	41	3
	Total		84	8	4	0	0	0	8	0	96	8
Dover Athletic	2018–19[1]	National League	16	0	1	0	0	0	3[e]	0	20	0
Woking (loan)	2018–19[1]	National League South	11	1	0	0	0	0	2[g]	1	13	2
Woking	2019–20[1]	National League	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	2
	Total		43	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	45	4
Havant & Waterlooville	2020–21[1]	National League South	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Woking	2020–21[1]	National League	21	4	0	0	0	0	3[e]	0	24	4
	2021–22[1]	National League	39	2	1	0	0	0	1[e]	0	41	2
	Total		60	6	1	0	0	0	4	0	65	6
Barnet	2022–23[1]	National League	20	1	2	0	0	0	2[h]	0	24	1
	2023–24[1]	National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	24	1
Dartford (loan)	2023–24[1]	National League South	20	1	1	0	0	0	2[i]	0	23	1
Eastbourne Borough (loan)	2023–24[1]	National League South	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4
Eastbourne Borough	2024–25[1]	National League South	27	0	1	0	0	0	4[j]	1	32	1
	Total		42	4	1	0	0	0	4	1	47	5
Career total			437	47	26	0	0	0	43	5	506	52

1. Appearance(s) in the Herts Charity Cup.
2. One appearance and one goal in the Southern League Cup, one appearance in the Herts Senior Cup.
3. Appearance(s) in the Southern League Premier Division play-offs.
4. Three appearances in the FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in the Southern League Cup, one appearance in the Herts Senior Cup.
5. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
6. Appearance(s) in the Alan Turvey Trophy.
7. Appearance(s) in National League South play-offs
8. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
9. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in London Senior Cup
10. Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, two appearance in Sussex Senior Cup

References

1. Moussa Diarra at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
2. Moussa Diarra Profile | Aylesbury United
3. Moussa Diarra - Hemel Hempstead Town
4. It's magic as Moussa signs up!
5. Barrow AFC's French import Moussa Diarra is here to win
6. Frenchies – Moussa Diarra : « Il y a toujours quelque chose qui me retient en Angleterre »
7. Moussa moves to Woking
8. Moussa Diarra completes move to Bees
9. "MOUSSA DIARRA JOINS EASTBOURNE BOROUGH – Barnet Football Club".
10. "RETAINED LIST 2024 – Barnet Football Club".
11. "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages".
12. "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages".
13. "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages".