Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1979)

Boubacar Diarra (born 15 July 1979) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as central defender. Having started his senior career with Djoliba AC, he moved to Germany in 1997 joining SC Freiburg where he amassed over 200 league matches in a decade-long spell. He signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2007 but only spent half a season there. He went on to play for Swiss club FC Luzern and Liaoning Hongyun of China before returning to Mali with AS Bamako.[2]

Not to be confused with Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994).

Boubacar Diarra
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Diarra
Date of birth (1979-07-15) 15 July 1979
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
0000–1996 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Djoliba AC 15 (1)
1997–2007 SC Freiburg 228 (2)
2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern[1] 3 (0)
2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 5 (0)
2008–2010 FC Luzern 37 (0)
2010 Liaoning Hongyun 22 (0)
2011–2012 AS Bamako
National team
1998–2004 Mali 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Bamako, Diarra started his career at Djoliba AC.

In 1997, he moved to Europe joining German club SC Freiburg where he spent a decade. Following a short period with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where his chance to play was limited by a broken arm, he joined Swiss club FC Luzern in 2008.[3]

On 11 March 2010, Diarra left Lucerne and joined Chinese Super League club Liaoning Hongyun.[4]

Honors

Mali

References
  1. "Diarra, Boubacar" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. "Boubacar Diarra". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  3. "Luzern verstärkte sich mit Diarra". Blick (in German). 10 January 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "Diarra ins "Reich der Mitte"". Blick (in German). 10 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/02a-det.html
  6. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/02a.html#squad
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