Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Horoya AC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Revenant | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | AS Korofina | ||
| 2013–2016 | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2016 | Club Africain | 13 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Wadi Degla | ||
| 2017–2018 | Lierse | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Hilal Club | ||
| 2019 | Najran | ||
| 2019 | NEROCA FC | 12 | (4) |
| 2020– | Horoya AC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Mali U23 | ||
| 2014– | Mali | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and AS Korofina, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join Linafoot team TP Mazembe.[3][4] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 outfit Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016.[1][4] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League.[1] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse.[5]
He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven.[6] In October 2018, Diarra joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club.[7] A move to Saudi Arabia and Najran of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League occurred on 26 June 2019.[8] However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to I-League club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract.[9][10][11][12] He netted goals against Chennai City, East Bengal, TRAU and Real Kashmir across 2019–20.[1]
Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level.[1][3] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[1] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lierse | 2016–17 | First Division B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| NEROCA | 2019–20 | I-League | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Career total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 38 | 4 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | |||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |