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Pape Diakhaté
	Diakhaté in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Pape Malickou Diakhaté
Date of birth	21 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Ouakam
	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2007	Nancy
2007–2011	Dynamo Kyiv
2010	→ Saint-Étienne (loan)
2010–2011	→ Lyon (loan)
2011–2015	Granada
2014	→ Erciyesspor (loan)
2016	Nancy
2017	FC Lunéville
Total
International career
2005–2012	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pape Malickou Diakhaté (born 21 June 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Diakhaté was born in Dakar, Senegal. Having come through the Nancy youth ranks, he made his Ligue 2 debut on 20 October 2001, playing the first half of the 2–0 win over LB Châteauroux. He played 25 league matches the following season, and appeared regularly for the club, although his 2003–04 season was severely disrupted by injury.^[1] 2004–05 brought Diakhaté favourable recognition, winning a place in France Football's team of the season.

On 18 July 2007, it was announced that Diakhaté had signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv for a €4 million transfer fee.^[2] He made his debut for Dynamo on 1 August 2007 in a league fixture against FC Chornomorets Odesa. He quickly established himself in the first team and even captained the club on occasion. A month later, on 1 September, he broke a collar bone in a match against FC Kharkiv, but once recovered returned to the team. On 16 December 2009, he left Dynamo Kyiv, and returned to France signing a half-year loan contract with AS Saint-Étienne. The following season he was loaned to Lyon.

On 26 August 2011, Diakhaté signed for Spanish club Granada CF, for a club record transfer fee of €4.5 million on a four-year contract.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2016, he joined former club AS Nancy signing a contract until the end of the season.^[3]^[4] Having made few appearances due to back problems, he left the club at the end of his contract.^[5]

In August 2017, after a year without a club, Diakhaté signed with fifth-tier side FC Lunéville.^[6] He played for the club on the first four matchdays before being reported as injured. In October, he agreed to the termination of his contract.^[7]

International career

In 2004, Diakhaté earned a full international call-up from Senegal. After Nancy's promotion to Ligue 1 in 2005, Diakhaté was also part of the Senegalese team that finished fourth in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Position

Originally a left-back and capable of playing as a wide midfielder, he is recognised mainly as a centre-back. He has also been known to play in goal for Senegal on numerous occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[8]^[9]
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nancy	2001–02	Ligue 2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2002–03		25	0	2	0	0	0	27	0
	2003–04		17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
	2004–05		29	1	1	0	0	0	30	1
	2005–06	Ligue 1	33	2	3	0	0	0	36	2
	2006–07	Ligue 1	33	0	3	0	0	0	36	0
	Total		141	3	10	0	0	0	151	3
Dynamo Kyiv	2007–08	Ukrainian Premier League	16	0	1	0	4	0	21	0
	2008–09		13	1	0	0	10	0	23	1
	2009–10		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2011–12		6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
	Total		37	1	1	0	16	0	54	1
Saint-Étienne (loan)	2009–10	Ligue 1	18	1	5	0	0	0	23	1
Lyon (loan)	2010–11	Ligue 1	24	1	2	1	6	0	32	2
Granada	2011–12	La Liga	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
	2012–13		18	0	1	0	0	0	19	0
	2013–14		14	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
	Total		43	1	3	0	0	0	46	1
Erciyesspor (loan)	2013–14	Süper Lig	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	2014–15	Süper Lig	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Nancy	2015–16	Ligue 2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Lunéville	2017–18	Championnat National 3	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			293	7	21	1	22	0	328	8

Honours

Nancy

Coupe de la Ligue: 2005–06^[10]

References

^ Career stats at lfp.fr Archived 27 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ Arbitration CAS 2011/A/2557 FC Dynamo Kyiv v. AS Nancy-Lorraine, award of 4 April 2012
^ "Transfert : Pape Diakhaté signe à Nancy". L'Équipe (in French). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Pape Diakhaté revient à Nancy". So Foot (in French). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Pape Diakhaté : " L'ASNL en L1, ça suffit à mon bonheur "". L'Est Républicain (in French). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Diakhaté est Lunévillois !". L'Est Républicain (in French). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Pape Diakhaté a quitté Lunéville". L'Est Républicain (in French). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Pape Malickou DIAKHATé - Football : la fiche de Pape Malickou DIAKHATé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ "Pape Diakhaté » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ "Nancy - Nice : compo des équipes". ogcnice.com. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

External links

Pape Diakhaté – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Pape Diakhaté at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Pape Diakhaté at National-Football-Teams.com
Pape Diakhaté – FIFA competition record (archived)
Pape Diakhaté at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)