Ousmane Diakité

Ousmane Diakité (born 25 July 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.

Ousmane Diakité
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000
Place of birth Mali
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2018 Yeelen Olympique
2018– Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Liefering (loan) 19 (1)
2019–2020 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 → St. Gallen (loan) 13 (2)
National team
2015 Mali U15 3 (0)
2017 Mali U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2021

Club career

Diakité started his career with the Malian side Yeelen Olympique. In July 2018 he signed a contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria till May 2023. He also plays for the feeder team FC Liefering.[1]

His played his first match for FC Liefering on July 27, 2018 against SV Horn. In this match he was excluded after two yellow cards in minute 39 and 92.[2]

On 4 January 2022, Diakité's loan to Swiss club St. Gallen was terminated early to allow him to return to Red Bull and continue his rehabilitation there, after he suffered a serious knee injury in a St. Gallen game in December.[3]

National team

With the Malian U17 he became runner-up in the world championships 2015. In 2017 he played his first match for the U20 national team.

References
  1. "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Servus in Salzburg, Ousmane Diakite!". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  2. "1. Runde, Saison 2018/19, SV Horn gegen FC Liefering – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  3. "Ousmane Diakité verlässt den FCSG" (Press release) (in German). St. Gallen. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.


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