Diadie Samassékou

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Mali national team.

Diadie Samassékou
Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2015 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Liefering 25 (0)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (1)
2019– 1899 Hoffenheim 11 (0)
National team‡
2015– Mali U20 9 (4)
2016– Mali 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:34, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Red Bull Salzburg

In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[1] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[2] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[3]

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

On 15 August 2019, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[4]

International career

Samassékou has represented Mali youth teams at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[5] and 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a 1–3 friendly loss to China on 29 June 2014.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 10 August 2019[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2015–16 Erste Liga 25000–250
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 2701070330
2017–18 29030180500
2018–19 26150141452
2019–20 10000010
Total 831903911312
Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 7000–70
Career Total 1151903911632

International
As of match played 15 July 2019[8]
Mali national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
201720
201840
201951
Total131

International goals
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt Tunisia1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual
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References
  1. "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  7. "D.Samassekou". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  8. "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  10. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
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