Souleymane Diamouténé

Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Real Giulianova.

Souleymane Diamouténé

Souleymane Diamouténé
Personal information
Full name	Souleymane Adama Diamouténé[1]
Date of birth	(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983
Place of birth	Sikasso, Mali
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Real Giulianova
Youth career
	Djoliba AC
	Udinese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Lucchese	27	(0)
2003–2004	→ Perugia (loan)	24	(0)
2004–2012	Lecce	144	(6)
2009	→ Roma (loan)	4	(0)
2009–2010	→ Bari (loan)	3	(0)
2011	→ Pescara (loan)	13	(1)
2012	Levski Sofia	15	(1)
2013–2014	Lupa Roma	13	(1)
2015	Fidelis Andria	7	(0)
2015–2016	Pescara	1	(0)
2016–2018	Gżira United	36	(1)
2018–2019	Igea Virtus	15	(0)
2019–	Real Giulianova	20	(2)
National team
2003–2010	Mali[1]	46	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout.[2] He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad for a few months between 1999 and 2000, without being officially signed. After a friendly against Pisa, he was spotted by Francesco D'Arrigo, the head coach of the nerazzurri, who successfully signed him with his next club, Serie C1's Lucchese. Diamouténé spent two seasons with Lucchese, and in 2003 he was signed by Perugia.

In 2004, Diamouténé joined U.S. Lecce, becoming a mainstay of the salentini under coach Zdenek Zeman. He played two seasons in Serie A (2004–05, 2005–06) and two in Serie B (2006–07, 2007–08). He was confirmed with Lecce for the 2008–09 season, the first one back in the top flight for his club, but in January 2009, he was loaned to Roma with a pre-set price of €3.15M[3][4] as a replacement for outgoing Christian Panucci.

On 31 August 2009, Diamouténé joined Bari on a loan deal.[5]

On 10 February 2012, it was announced that Diamouténé had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian A PFG club Levski Sofia.[6] He was handed the number 25 shirt. On 23 May 2012, Diamouténé scored his first goal for Levski in a 7–0 win over PFC Svetkavitsa. In August 2016, he joined Maltese club Gżira United.[7]

International career

At youth level, Diamouténé played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He is also a full Malian international. He represented Mali at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2012

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lucchese	2001–02	Serie C1	2	0			–		–		2	0
	2002–03	Serie C1	25	0			–		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	0
	Total		27	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
Perugia	2003–04	Serie A	24	0			12	0	–		36	0
Lecce	2004–05	Serie A	33	1			–		–		33	1
	2005–06[8]	Serie A	33	0	1	0	–		–		34	0
	2006–07[9]	Serie B	37	3	1	0	–		–		38	3
	2007–08[10]	Serie B	31	2	1	0	–		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	34	2
	2008–09	Serie A	8	0	1	0	–		–		9	0
	2009–10[11]	Serie B	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	2010–11[11]	Serie A	2	1	1	0	–		–		3	1
	2011–12[11]	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		144	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	152	6
Roma (loan)	2008–09[11]	Serie A	4	0	0	0	2	0	–		6	0
Bari (loan)	2009–10[11]	Serie A	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
Pescara (loan)	2010–11[11]	Serie B	13	1	0	0	–		–		13	1
Career total			215	7	6	0	14	0	4	0	239	7

International goal

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 June 2005	Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali	Liberia	3–0	4–1	2006 World Cup qualifier

1. Two appearances in relegation playoffs
2. Two appearances in promotion playoffs

Honours

Club

Perugia

• Intertoto Cup: 2003

References

1. "Souleymane Diamouténé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
2. "Roma, si chiude per Diamoutene" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport Stadio. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
3. "Ceduto Diamoutene alla Roma" (in Italian). US Lecce. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
4. "ACQUISIZIONE A TITOLO TEMPORANEO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE SOULEYMANE DIAMOUTENE" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
5. "Official: Bari Sign Diamoutene From Lecce". Goal.com. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
6. "Levski agree deal with defender Diamoutene". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
7. "Gzira sign Souleymane Diamoutene". maltafootball.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
8. "2005–06 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
9. "2006–07 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
10. "2007–08 Profile" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
11. Souleymane Diamouténé at Soccerway

External links

• Souleymane Diamouténé at FootballDatabase.eu
• Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
• Souleymane Diamouténé – FIFA competition record
• Profile at LevskiSofia.info
• Souleymane Diamouténé at Soccerway