Bernard Diomède

Bernard Diomède
Diomède in 2012
Personal information
Full name Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède[1]
Date of birth (1974-01-23) 23 January 1974 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Doulchard, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger[4]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2000 Auxerre 176 (30)
2000–2003 Liverpool 2 (0)
2003 → Ajaccio (loan) 15 (2)
2003–2004 Ajaccio 32 (7)
2005 Créteil 12 (4)
2006 Clermont Foot 11 (1)
Total 248 (44)
International career
1998 France 8 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 France U17
2016–2017 France U18
2017–2018 France U19
2018–2020 France U20
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2024 Northern Ireland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède (born 23 January 1974) is a French football manager and former professional player. He was most recently the manager of the France U20s. He played as a winger and won the World Cup with France in 1998.

Early life

Diomède was born in Saint-Doulchard, Cher,[5] to parents of Guadeloupean descent.[6]

Club career

Diomède's career began with AJ Auxerre. After playing at youth level for the club, he made his Division 1 debut in 1992. He played in the first team during eight years, under Guy Roux Auxerre won the Division 1 and Coupe de France double in 1996. The winger scored 30 goals in 175 Ligue 1 matches for Auxerre.[7]

In June 2000, Diomède was signed for £3m by then Liverpool F.C. manager Gérard Houllier.[8] Making his debut against Sunderland, Diomède appeared to have scored with an overhead kick, but the goal was not given even though replays showed that the ball had crossed the line.[9] However, he did not settle in England, and only played five matches for Liverpool. In January 2003, he was loaned out to AC Ajaccio, newly promoted in France's Ligue 1, until the end of his contract.[10] After his spell at Liverpool had come to an end, he joined the Ligue 2 team Créteil, and then Clermont Foot in the Championnat National (3rd division).[citation needed]

International career

Diomède was capped eight times for the France national team, but never scored. He received his first cap in a friendly against Spain on 28 January 1998. At the 1998 World Cup he started in three matches, against Saudi Arabia and Denmark in the group stage and against Paraguay in the round of 16. He was unable to regain his place in the France national team after the 1998 World Cup.[11]

Retirement

On 18 January 2008, Diomède announced his retirement from the game after being without a club for 18 months.[12]

He now runs the Bernard Diomede Football Academy at the Saint Nicolas high school in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just south of Paris.[13]

Honours

Auxerre

France

Orders

References

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    "Bernard Diomede". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bernard Diomède: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Bernard Diomede: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Bernard Diomede". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Bernard Diomède". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Top 10 des Guadeloupéens de L1". France Football. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Bernard Diomède at AJ Auxerre". histoaja.free.fr. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  8. ^ "Reds swoop for Diomede". BBC. 7 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  9. ^ "Player Profile". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  10. ^ "Past Player Profile – Bernard Diomede". liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 26 September 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  11. ^ "Bernard Diomède – Liste des matchs joués". Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  12. ^ "DIOMEDE HANGS UP HIS BOOTS". Football 365. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  13. ^ "Academie Bernard Diomede".
  14. ^ "Match Report". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" [Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 1998 (170). 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Décret du 14 novembre 2013 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 14 November 2013 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2013 (265). 15 November 2013. PREX1326006D. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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