Sinaly Diomandé

Sinaly Diomandé (born 9 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Olympique Lyonnais.[1]

Sinaly Diomandé
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001
Place of birth Djékanou, Ivory Coast
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2019 Guidars FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Lyon II 16 (0)
2020– Lyon 15 (0)
National team‡
2020– Ivory Coast 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2020

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 €550000, with bonuses rising up to €2 million.[2][3]

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, Diomandé 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.[4][5]

International career

Diomandé debuted with the Ivory Coast national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Belgium on 8 October 2020.[6]

References
  1. Sinaly Diomandé at Soccerway
  2. "L'OL recrute le jeune défenseur Sinaly Diomande et prête Théo Ndicka à Bourg-en-Bresse". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Sinaly Diomandé". JMG Football (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. "Après OL – Nîmes (0–0) : les débuts de Sinaly Diomande". OL.fr (in French). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. "Transferts : Marçal (OL) va signer à Wolverhampton". L'Équipe (in French). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire - 8 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
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