Banfa Diakité

Banfa Diakité
Personal information
Full name Banfa Diakité
Date of birth (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blagnac
Youth career
Toulouse AC
Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Muret
2015–2017 Balma 50 (12)
2017–2018 Niort B 13 (0)
2017–2018 Niort 9 (3)
2018–2019 Bourg-en-Bresse 30 (3)
2019–2020 Quevilly-Rouen 21 (4)
2021–2023 Bourges 5 (0)
2022–2023 Bourges B 6 (0)
2023– Blagnac 11 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Banfa Diakité (born 7 October 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 3 club Blagnac.

Career

Diakité was born in Toulouse in southern France, and played junior football with Toulouse AC and Toulouse FC.[1] However, he was released for being too small and subsequently played one season with Muret in the Division d'Honneur before joining Balma in 2015.[2] During his first season with Balma, he scored six goals in 25 league appearances in the CFA 2.[3]

His performances attracted the attention of several professional teams, and in June 2016 it was announced that he had been signed by Ligue 2 club Amiens.[4] However, the transfer eventually fell through and Diakité returned to Balma for the 2016–17 season. He ended that campaign with an identical record to the previous year of six goals in 25 league matches.[3]

During the summer of 2017, Diakité again courted interest from a number of Ligue 2 clubs. He had trials with Dijon and Nîmes before joining Niort on a two-year contract in May 2017.[1][5] He made his professional debut in the 4–1 defeat to Valenciennes on 25 August 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Antoine Leautey. On 11 November 2017, Diakité scored his first goal for Niort in a 5–1 win over Tournefeuille in the seventh round of the Coupe de France.[3]

Diakité signed for Bourg-en-Bresse on 12 June 2018.[6] On 3 December 2021, he signed for Bourges.[7] In June 2023, he moved to Blagnac.[8]

Personal life

Born in France, Diakité is of Guinean descent.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 December 2023[3]
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Balma 2015–16 CFA 2 25 6 2 0 0 0 27 6
2016–17 CFA 2 25 6 2 0 0 0 27 6
Total 50 12 4 0 0 0 54 12
Niort II 2017–18 National 3 13 3 — — 13 3
Niort 2017–18 Ligue 2 9 0 3 1 0 0 12 1
Bourg-en-Bresse 2018–19 National 30 3 1 0 0 0 31 3
Quevilly-Rouen 2019–20 National 21 4 1 0 0 0 22 4
Bourges 2021–22 National 2 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
2022–23 National 2 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Bourges B 2021–22 National 3 5 0 — — 5 0
2022–23 National 3 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Blagnac 2023–24 National 3 11 4 2 1 — 13 5
Career total 145 26 11 2 0 0 156 28

References

  1. ^ a b "Banfa Diakité très proche des Chamois". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Jorge Aibar (23 December 2016). "Banfa Diakité : "Je connais mes qualités"". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "France – B. Diakité". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ Alexandre Chochois (8 June 2016). "Amiens: Un talent de CFA2 a signé (off.)". foot-national.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ^ Julien Guibet (28 May 2017). "Niort: Un joueur de CFA2 a signé (off.)". foot-national.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ Clovis Canivenc (12 June 2018). "Officiel : Banfa Diakité quitte Niort et signe au FBBP 01". maligue2.fr. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Passé par Niort, Bourg-en-Bresse et QRM, Banfa Diakité rejoint le Bourges Foot 18" [Passed by Niort, Bourg-en-Bresse and QRM, Banfa Diakité joins Bourges Foot 18]. Le Berry Républicain (in French). 3 December 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Le journal du mercato du mardi 20 et du mercredi 21 juin 2023" (in French). Foot Amateur. 22 June 2023.
  9. ^ Nicolas Millet (13 November 2017). "Diakité, le sourire de la fierté". lanouvellerepublique.fr. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018.