Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994)

Boubacar Diarra
Personal information
Date of birth	18 April 1994
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team	Horoya AC
Youth career
	AS Revenant
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC.[1]

Club career

Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and AS Korofina, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join Linafoot team TP Mazembe.[3][4] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 outfit Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016.[1][4] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League.[1] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse.[5]

He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven.[6] In October 2018, Diarra joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club.[7] A move to Saudi Arabia and Najran of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League occurred on 26 June 2019.[8] However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to I-League club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract.[9][10][11][12] He netted goals against Chennai City, East Bengal, TRAU and Real Kashmir across 2019–20.[1]

Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level.[1][3] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[1] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium.[1]

As of 3 July 2020.[1]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lierse	2016–17	First Division B	5	0	—		—		—		8[lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
	2017–18	First Division B	11	0	0	0	—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	—		—		10	0	26	0
NEROCA	2019–20	I-League	12	4	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	12	4
Career total			28	4	0	0	0	0	—		10	0	38	4

As of 27 October 2018.[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali
Mali	2014	1	0
Total		1	0

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"رسمياً..الهلال يكمل الاتفاق مع مهاجم كنغولي ومدافع مالي". SNN. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
"ديارا أول صفقات نجران الأجنبية". Alwatan. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
"اللاعب: بوباكار ديارا". Kooora. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
"برازيلي يدعم نجران". arriyadiyah. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
"We also signed Malian International midfielder Boubacar Diarra". NEROCA. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
"NEROCA FC complete signing of six foreigners for forthcoming I-League season". Goal. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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