Kaba Diawara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kaba Diawara | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Toulon, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Toulon | 40 | (11) |
| 1994–1998 | Bordeaux | 60 | (14) |
| 1998 | → Rennes (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 1999 | Arsenal | 12 | (0) |
| 1999 | Marseille | 15 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2001 | → West Ham United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Racing de Ferrol (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | → Nice (loan) | 37 | (12) |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Gharrafa | ? | (?) |
| 2005 | Al-Kharitiyath | ? | (?) |
| 2005–2006 | Ajaccio | 20 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Gaziantepspor | 27 | (8) |
| 2008 | Ankaragücü | 12 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Alki Larnaca | 11 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Arles-Avignon | 50 | (8) |
| Total | 341 | (65) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| France U-21 | |||
| 2004–2009 | Guinea | 13 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Kaba Diawara (born 16 December 1975 in Toulon) is a Guinean footballer who has played as a Striker for French clubs such as Toulon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Nice and Paris Saint-Germain.[1] The striker has also featured in England for Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Arsenal as well. Also playing in Spain and Turkey, Diawara last played in 2009 for that of Ligue 1 team Arles-Avignon.[1]
Career
Born in Toulon, in Diawara's' club career he has played in the Premier League for Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United.[1][2] Diawara scored once in English football in his three spells there. His sole goal came for Blackburn in a 6–1 League Cup win over Rochdale.[3]
In France, he has played for teams like Bordeaux and Paris St Germain attaining the 1997 Coupe de la Ligue and 2000 Coupe de la Ligue runners up medals respectively.[1]
In the 2006–2007 season, he transferred to Süper Lig team Gaziantepspor but after little playing time, in January 2008 he signed a six-month contract for another Turkish club being that of Ankaragücü. On August 2008, he moved to Alki Larnaca in Cyprus being released by that outfit in December of that year. Diawara then signed for French side AC Arles-Avignon on a free transfer in 2009.[1]
International career
The striker played for the French national U-21 team,[4] but chose to represent Guinea at senior level. He scored two goals in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.
Honours
- 1997 Bordeaux - Runner's Up medal
- 2000 Paris St Germain - Runner's Up medal.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kaba Diawara". Eurosport.com.
- ↑ "PSG loan out Diawara". UEFA.com. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ↑ "Blackburn 6–1 Rochdale (agg: 7–2)". BBC. 6 September 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ↑ "FIFA rule change boosts African nations". Rediff.com.
External links
- Kaba Diawara – FIFA competition record
- Kaba Diawara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at TFF.org
- Profile at sporting-heroes.net
- Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Kaba Diawara – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
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