Youssouf Diallo (Ivorian footballer)

Youssouf Diallo (born December 24, 1984) is an Ivorian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Balma SC. He represented Mali at junior level. At professional level, he played in Ligue 2 for US Créteil-Lusitanos.

Youssouf Diallo
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Diallo
Date of birth (1984-12-24) December 24, 1984
Place of birth Ivory Coast
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Balma SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 US Créteil-Lusitanos 1 (0)
2004–2005 US Créteil-Lusitanos (B team)
2005–2007 FA Carcassonne Villalbe
2007–2008 Villemomble Sports
2008 Balma SC
2009 Perpignan Canet FC
2009– Balma SC
National team
2003 Mali U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:58, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Career

Born in the Ivory Coast to a Malian father and an Ivorian mother, Diallo began playing football in the youth system of Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel. He moved to France where he played amateur football for Stade Morlaix and Champigny-sur-Marne. Diallo was recruited to Stade Morlaix along with several other young footballers from Africa under false pretenses, and he was destitute by the time he left the club.[1]

Before playing for Mali at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates, he had a successful trial and joined Ligue 2 side US Créteil-Lusitanos.[2] After making only 3 substitute's appearances in the 2003–04 season (1 in the league, 1 in the Coupe de la Ligue and 1 in the Coupe de France),[3] Diallo played for the club's reserve side and he left the club after his contract was not renewed in 2005.[4]

References
  1. "Le Stade morlaisien face aux juges" (in French). Le Télégramme. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Youssouf Diallo, le diamant brut" (in French). Le Parisien. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/diallo-youssouf/carriere
  4. "Diallo et Sissoko quittent Créteil" (in French). Le Parisien. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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