Sinaly Diomandé

Sinaly Diomandé

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Djékanou, Ivory Coast
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Center-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	20
Youth career
	Académie JMG
0000–2019	Guidars FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Lyon II	18	(0)
2020–2024	Lyon	72	(0)
2024–	Auxerre	11	(2)
International career^‡
2020–	Ivory Coast	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022

Sinaly Diomandé (born 9 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a center-back or right-back for Ligue 1 side Auxerre and the Ivory Coast national team.[2]

Club career

Diomandé came out of the Jean-Marc Guillou academy in Abidjan, before joining the Guidars FC, in Mali. He moved to Olympique Lyonnais in September 2019 for a fee of €550,000, with bonuses rising up to €2 million.[3][4]

After a year of playing in Lyon's reserve team, where he became one of the players most used by Gueïda Fofana, and an impressive summer preparation, Diomande made his professional debut for Olympique Lyonnais on 18 September 2020, helping his team keep a clean sheet against Nîmes in this Ligue 1 encounter.[5][6]

On 30 August 2024, Diomandé was transferred to Auxerre, signing a three-year contract.[7]

International career

Diomandé debuted with the Ivory Coast national team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Belgium on 8 October 2020.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 January 2025.[2]

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
Lyon II	2019–20	CFA 2	16	0	—		—		—		—		16	0
	2021–22	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2022–23	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		18	0	—		—		—		—		18	0
Lyon	2019–20	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]	0	—		0	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	27	0	4	0	—		—		—		31	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	11	0	0	0	—		4[b]	0	—		15	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	24	0	5	0	—		—		—		29	0
	2023–24	Ligue 1	10	0	0	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		72	0	9	0	0	0	4	0	—		85	0
Auxerre	2024–25	Ligue 1	11	2	1	0	—		—		—		12	2
Career total			101	2	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	115	2

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 16 November 2022[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	2020	3	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	2	0
Total		10	0

References

1. "Sinaly Diomandé". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
2. Sinaly Diomandé at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
3. "L'OL recrute le jeune défenseur Sinaly Diomande et prête Théo Ndicka à Bourg-en-Bresse". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. "Sinaly Diomande". JMG Football (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
5. "Après OL – Nîmes (0–0) : les débuts de Sinaly Diomande". OL.fr (in French). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
6. "Transferts : Marçal (OL) va signer à Wolverhampton". L'Équipe (in French). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
7. "Sinaly Diomandé arrive à l'AJA" (in French). AJ Auxerre. 30 August 2024.
8. "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020". Soccerway.
9. "Diomandé, Sinaly". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

External links

• Profile at the Olympique Lyonnais website
• Sinaly Diomandé at Soccerway
• JMG FOotball Profile