Adama Diakité (footballer, born 1991)

Adama Diakité (born 7 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Marignane GCB FC.

Adama Diakité

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-03-07) 7 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Marignane Gignac
Youth career
	Red Star
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Lens B	104	(19)
2012–2013	Lens	8	(0)
2014	SV Sandhausen	3	(0)
2014–2016	ES Wasquehal	26	(7)
2016–2017	Villefranche	14	(1)
2017–2019	Feignies Aulnoye	52	(8)
2019–2020	Martigues	15	(2)
2020–2021	Istres	5	(0)
2021–2022	Côte Bleue	15	(2)
2022–	Marignane Gignac	16	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2023

Career

Paris-born Diakité began playing football for Red Star 93. He joined the youth team of RC Lens^[1] in 2008, and made his senior debut for the reserve team in a Championnat de France amateur match on 16 August 2008 against US Sénart-Moissy.^[2] In the following three years, he played for the reserve side, before making his professional debut for RC Lens on 14 September 2012 in a Ligue 2 game against LB Châteauroux.^[3] Then, he participated in seven games more as a substitute in the 2012–13 season for the first team of RC Lens.^[4] He played 104 games and scored 19 goals for the Lens reserves,^[5] before he was released from his contract by the club.

In January 2014, after remaining a free agent for half a year, he signed a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season with German 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen.^[6][7]