Bafodé Diakité

Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lille.

Bafodé Diakité

Diakité with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Lille
Number	18
Youth career
2008–2013	Toulouse ACF
2013–2018	Toulouse
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Toulouse B	10	(3)
2018–2022	Toulouse	72	(7)
2022–	Lille	85	(12)
International career‡
2016–2017	France U16	8	(0)
2018–2019	France U18	6	(0)
2019	France U19	3	(1)
2022–2023	France U21	4	(0)
2024	France Olympic	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Early life

Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.^[1]

Club career

Toulouse

Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.^[2]

Lille

On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.^[3]

International career

Diakité is a youth international for France.^[4] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.^[5] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Coupe de France		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Toulouse II	2018–19	CFA 3	9	3	—		—		—		9	3
	2021–22	CFA 3	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		10	3	—		—		—		10	3
Toulouse	2018–19	Ligue 1	9	1	1	0	—		—		10	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	16	2	1	0	—		—		17	2
	2020–21	Ligue 2	23	2	3	0	—		2[a]	0	28	2
	2021–22	Ligue 2	24	2	3	0	—		—		27	2
	Total		72	7	8	0	—		2	0	82	7
Lille	2022–23	Ligue 1	33	3	3	0	—		—		36	3
	2023–24	Ligue 1	20	5	0	0	7[b]	1	—		27	6
	2024–25	Ligue 1	32	4	2	0	13[c]	0	—		47	4
	Total		85	12	5	0	20	1	—		110	13
Career total			169	22	11	0	20	1	2	0	202	23

1. Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Toulouse

• Ligue 2: 2021–22^[7]