Ousmane Diawara

Ousmane Diawara
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 KuPS (on loan from Rheindorf Altach)
Youth career
–2016 Vasalunds IF
2017–2018 FC Djursholm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 IFK Stocksund 17 (1)
2019 NEROCA 14 (1)
2020 Huddinge IF 11 (6)
2021 Karlbergs BK 27 (22)
2022–2023 Landskrona BoIS 50 (17)
2024– Rheindorf Altach 4 (0)
2024– Rheindorf Altach II 3 (4)
2024– → KuPS (loan) 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Ousmane Diawara (born 10 October 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga club KuPS, on loan from Rheindorf Altach.

Club career

Born in Mali, Diaward played at youth level for Swedish club FC Djursholm. He had had 29 goals in 31 appearances for the club.[2][3] He has featured in the Swedish competitions namely U19 Allsvenskan Norra, U19 Allsvenskan Norra Nedflyttningsserie and U19 Allsvenskan Norra - vår in 2017 and 2018.[2]

On 27 March 2019, Diawara joined Division 2 side IFK Stocksund. He played 17 league games, scoring once, as well as one Svenska Cupen game.[2]

In 2021 Diawara joined BK Karlberg.[4] He played 27 league games, scoring 22 goals in total.

Diawara signed a three-year contract with Landskrona BoIS on 30 November 2021.[5] On January 31, 2023, Diawara extended its agreement with Landskrona BoIS until 2025.[6]

On 12 January 2024, Diawara signed with SCR Altach in Austrian Bundesliga on a deal until June 2027.[7]

On 10 July 2024, he was loaned out to Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Finnish Veikkausliiga for the rest of the 2024 season.[8] One week later, he scored in his second appearance for the club, in a UEFA Conference League qualifying win against UNA Strassen. At the end of the season, Diawara and KuPS won the Finnish championship and the 2024 Finnish Cup titles, completing the club's first double.

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Stocksund 2019 Division 2 17 1 1 0 – – 18 1
NEROCA 2019–20 I-League 14 1 0 0 – – 14 1
Huddinge IF 2020 Division 2 11 6 – – – 11 6
Karlbergs BK 2021 Division 2 27 22 1 0 – – 28 22
Landskrona BoIS 2022 Superettan 22 8 4 1 – – 26 9
2023 Superettan 28 9 4 2 – – 32 11
Total 50 17 8 3 0 0 0 0 58 20
Rheindorf Altach 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 4 0 1 0 – – 5 0
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Rheindorf Altach II 2023–24 Austrian Regionalliga 3 4 – – – 3 4
KuPS (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 12 4 1 1 0 0 4[b] 1 17 6
Career total 139 55 12 4 0 0 4 1 155 60
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

KuPS

References

  1. ^ Ousmane Diawara at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c "Ousmane Diawara". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish).
  3. ^ "Vi välkomnar Ousmane Diawara!" [We welcome Ousmane Diawara!]. www.laget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Ousmane Diawara förstärker KB: "Tydlig spets"". svenskalag.se (in Swedish).
  5. ^ "VÄLKOMMEN OUSMANE" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS landskronabois.se. 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Forward förlänger med BoIS" (in Swedish). hd.se. 31 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Ousmane Diawara unterschreibt beim SCRA" (in German). Rheindorf Altach scra.at. 12 January 2024.
  8. ^ Tervetuloa Kuopioon Ousmane Diawara!, kups.fi, 10 July 2024
  9. ^ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
  10. ^ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024