Fousseni Diabaté (born 18 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Serbian club Partizan. Born in France, Diabaté has played international football for Mali.
![]() Diabaté playing for Leicester City in 2018 | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Fousseni Diabaté[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 26)[2] | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aubervilliers, France | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Partizan | ||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2004–2011 | Rennes | ||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Reims | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2013–2015 | Reims II | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||
2015–2017 | Guingamp II | 49 | (12) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||
2018–2020 | Leicester City | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||
2019 | → Sivasspor (loan) | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Amiens (loan) | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||
2020–2022 | Trabzonspor | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021 | → Göztepe (loan) | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Giresunspor (loan) | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||
2022– | Partizan | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
2015 | Mali U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
2016 | Mali U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2022 |
Diabaté was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis.[1] He was at the youth academy at Stade Rennais for seven years before being kicked out, and thereafter joined Stade de Reims.[4] He played for the reserves of En Avant de Guingamp before joining Gazélec Ajaccio on 20 June 2017.[5] He made his professional debut with Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes FC on 28 July 2017, assisting his side's only goal.[6]
On 13 January 2018, Diabaté moved to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.[7] Two weeks later, he made his debut for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round match against Peterborough United and scored twice in a 5–1 win.[8]
He joined Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.[9]
On 25 September 2020, Diabaté joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.[10]
On 7 July 2022, it was announced that Fousseni Diabaté signed a three year contract with Serbian club Partizan being handed the #18 shirt. Diabaté made his debut on 23 July against TSC Bačka Topola in a 0–0 draw he came into the game in 57th minute as a sub for Nikola Terzić.[11] On 11 August, Diabaté made his second appearance in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, a 2–2 home draw against AEK Larnaca. He provided two assists for Ricardo Gomes[12] Fousseni scored first goal in a 4–1 win over Ħamrun Spartans at the play-off round of UEFA Europa Conference League.[13]
Diabaté made one appearance for the Mali U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in a 2–0 loss to the Serbia U20s,[14] as well as 5 games at the 2015 African U-20 Championship.[15][16][17][18] He also appeared for the Mali U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[19]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stade Reims II | 2013–14[21] | CFA 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
Guingamp II | 2015–16[22] | CFA 2 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |||
2016–17[23] | CFA 2 | 26 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | ||||
Total | 49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | ||
Guingamp | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Gazélec Ajaccio | 2017–18[24] | Ligue 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
Leicester City | 2017–18[24] | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
2018–19[24] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Sivasspor (loan) | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Amiens (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
Trabzonspor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Göztepe (loan) | 2021 | Süper Lig | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
Giresunspor (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
Partizan | 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |
Career total | 192 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 36 |
FK Partizan – current squad | |
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