Papé Diakité

Papé Diakité
Personal information
Full name Papé Abdoulaye Diakité
Date of birth (1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Pikine, Senegal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Calicut FC
Youth career
AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur
2011–2012 AS Trenčín 8 (0)
2013–2015 Royal Antwerp 33 (0)
2014 → Oosterzonen (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2017 Edmonton 56 (3)
2018 Police Tero 0 (0)
2018–2019 Tampa Bay Rowdies 46 (0)
2020–2021 Ho Chi Minh City 20 (0)
2021 Sai Gon 2 (0)
2022 Terengganu 19 (1)
2023 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 20 (0)
2024 Calicut FC 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Papé Abdoulaye Diakité (born 22 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Kerala club Calicut FC.

Club career

Trenčín

Diakité made his debut for AS Trenčín against Žilina on 24 November 2011.[1]

FC Edmonton

On 8 February 2016, Diakité signed for Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.[2] Diakité later revealed that he had offers from Romania and Bulgaria prior to signing with Edmonton, and originally was not going to sign with the club.[3] After a strong 2016 season, Diakité was named the NASL's Young Player of the Year for the 2016 season[4]

Terengganu

in 2022, Diakité moved to Malaysia to join Terengganu. With his calm demeanor and his dexterity in fending off opponents attacks, he was praised in the league.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 October 2016[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Trenčín 2011–12 Fortuna Liga 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Royal Antwerp 2013–14 Belgian Second Division 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
2014–15 25 0 1 0 – – 26 0
Total 41 0 1 0 - - - - 42 0
Oosterzonen (loan) 2013–14 Belgian Third Division 11 0 0 0 – – 11 0
Edmonton 2016 NASL 27 3 2 0 – – 29 3
Career total 79 3 4 0 - - - - 82 3

References

  1. ^ "Premiéra ako hrom, osemnásťročný Diakite to zvládol" (in Slovak). website ASTRENCIN.SK. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ "FC EDMONTON SOLIDIFIES DEFENCE WITH SIGNING OF PAPÉ DIAKITÉ". fcedmonton.com. FC Edmonton. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ Derek van Diest (29 April 2016). "FC Edmonton defender was unsure about Canada". Edmonton Journal.
  4. ^ NASL staff (9 November 2016). "FC Edmonton Defender Pape Diakite Named 2016 Young Player Of The Year". NASL.com.
  5. ^ "P.Diakité". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2016.


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