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Samba Lélé Diba
Personal information
Date of birth	24 December 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Louga, Senegal
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Athens Kallithea
Number	30
Youth career
2019–2022	ASEC Ndiambour
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–2024	Servette
2024–	Athens Kallithea
International career‡
2022–	Senegal U23
2023–	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:11, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Samba Lélé Diba (born 24 December 2003) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek Super League club Athens Kallithea.

Club career

A youth product of the Senegalese club ASEC Ndiambour, Diba transferred to the Swiss club Servette on 21 June 2022 on a 3-year contract.^[2] He made his senior and professional debut with Servette in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over FC Winterthur on 6 August 2022.^[3]

On 7 August 2024, Diba joined Athens Kallithea FC.^[4]

International career

Diba is a youth international for Senegal, having played up to the Senegal U23s.^[5] He was called up to the senior Senegal national team for a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match in September 2023.^[6]

Personal life

Diba's father Daouda Diba was a Senegalese footballer in the 1990s.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 21 October 2024

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Servette	2022–23	Swiss Super League	15	0	3	0	—		—		18	0
	2023–24	Swiss Super League	10	0	3	0	7	0	—		20	0
	Total		25	0	6	0	7	0	—		38	0
Athens Kallithea	2024–25	Superleague Greece 2	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			32	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	45	0

References

^ "Diba versucht sich in Probetrainings aufzudrängen". maroons - Deutschschweizer Fans des Servette FC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ Dione, Mbagnick (21 June 2022). "Mercato : Samba Lele Diba signe au Servette FC, en provenance du Ndiambour !". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ "Samba Lélé Diba joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ Dione, Mbagnick (11 September 2022). "Equipe Nationale U23 : 23 joueurs convoqués par Demba Mbaye, dont 18 expatriés". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ "Convocation joueurs match Sénégal-Rwanda". fsfoot.sn. Senegalese Football Federation. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ Mbengue, Hubert (21 June 2022). "Ndiambour : Samba Lele Diba au FC Servette (Suisse) jusqu'en 2025". RECORD (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.

External links

Samba Lélé Diba at Soccerway
SFL Profile

[maroons_-_Deutschschweizer_Fans_des_Servette_FC-1] "Diba versucht sich in Probetrainings aufzudrängen". maroons - Deutschschweizer Fans des Servette FC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[Dione_2022-2] Dione, Mbagnick (21 June 2022). "Mercato : Samba Lele Diba signe au Servette FC, en provenance du Ndiambour !". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[sport.ch-3] "Live Sport und News". sport.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[4] "Samba Lélé Diba joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[National_U23-5] Dione, Mbagnick (11 September 2022). "Equipe Nationale U23 : 23 joueurs convoqués par Demba Mbaye, dont 18 expatriés". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[6] "Convocation joueurs match Sénégal-Rwanda". fsfoot.sn. Senegalese Football Federation. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[Mbengue_2022-7] Mbengue, Hubert (21 June 2022). "Ndiambour : Samba Lele Diba au FC Servette (Suisse) jusqu'en 2025". RECORD (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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