Souleymane Diamouténé

Souleymane Diamouténé
	Diamouténé during the 2019–20 season
Personal information
Full name	Souleymane Adama Diamouténé
Date of birth	30 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Sikasso, Mali
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Djoliba AC
	Udinese
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Lucchese
2003–2004	→ Perugia (loan)
2004–2012	Lecce
2009	→ Roma (loan)
2009–2010	→ Bari (loan)
2011	→ Pescara (loan)
2012	Levski Sofia
2013–2014	Lupa Roma
2015	Fidelis Andria
2015–2016	Pescara
2016–2018	Gżira United
2018–2019	Igea Virtus
2019–2020	Real Giulianova
Total
International career
2003–2010	Mali
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout.^[2] He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad for a few months between 1999 and 2000, without being officially signed.^{[citation needed]} After a friendly against Pisa, he was spotted by Francesco D'Arrigo, the head coach of the nerazzurri, who successfully signed him with his next club, Serie C1's Lucchese.^{[citation needed]} Diamouténé spent two seasons with Lucchese, and in 2003 he was signed by Perugia.

In 2004, Diamouténé joined U.S. Lecce, becoming a mainstay of the salentini under coach Zdenek Zeman. He played two seasons in Serie A (2004–05, 2005–06) and two in Serie B (2006–07, 2007–08). He was confirmed with Lecce for the 2008–09 season, the first one back in the top flight for his club, but in January 2009, he was loaned to Roma with a pre-set price of €3.15M^[3]^[4] as a replacement for outgoing Christian Panucci.

On 31 August 2009, Diamouténé joined Bari on a loan deal.^[5]

On 10 February 2012, it was announced that Diamouténé had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian A PFG club Levski Sofia.^[6] He was handed the number 25 shirt. On 23 May 2012, Diamouténé scored his first goal for Levski in a 7–0 win over PFC Svetkavitsa. In August 2016, he joined Maltese club Gżira United.^[7]

International career

At youth level, Diamouténé played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

He represented the Mali national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2012

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lucchese	2001–02	Serie C1	2	0			–		–		2	0
	2002–03	Serie C1	25	0			–		2^[a]	0	27	0
	Total		27	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
Perugia	2003–04	Serie A	24	0			12	0	–		36	0
Lecce	2004–05	Serie A	33	1			–		–		33	1
	2005–06^[8]	Serie A	33	0	1	0	–		–		34	0
	2006–07^[9]	Serie B	37	3	1	0	–		–		38	3
	2007–08^[10]	Serie B	31	2	1	0	–		2^[b]	0	34	2
	2008–09	Serie A	8	0	1	0	–		–		9	0
	2009–10^[11]	Serie B	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	2010–11^[11]	Serie A	2	1	1	0	–		–		3	1
	2011–12^[11]	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		144	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	152	6
Roma (loan)	2008–09^[11]	Serie A	4	0	0	0	2	0	–		6	0
Bari (loan)	2009–10^[11]	Serie A	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
Pescara (loan)	2010–11^[11]	Serie B	13	1	0	0	–		–		13	1
Career total			215	7	6	0	14	0	4	0	239	7

^ Two appearances in relegation playoffs
^ Two appearances in promotion playoffs

International

Score and result list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Diamouténé goal.

International goal scored by Souleymane Diamouténé
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 June 2005	Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali	Liberia	3–0	4–1	2006 World Cup qualifier

Honours

Perugia

Intertoto Cup: 2003

References

^ ^a ^b "Souleymane Diamouténé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Roma, si chiude per Diamoutene" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport Stadio. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Ceduto Diamoutene alla Roma" (in Italian). US Lecce. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
^ "ACQUISIZIONE A TITOLO TEMPORANEO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE SOULEYMANE DIAMOUTENE" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ "Official: Bari Sign Diamoutene From Lecce". Goal.com. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
^ "Levski agree deal with defender Diamoutene". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "Gzira sign Souleymane Diamoutene". maltafootball.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
^ "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
^ "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Souleymane Diamouténé at Soccerway