Djigui Diarra

Djigui Diarra (born 27 February 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans and the Mali national team.^[1] He also represented his country at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they achieved a third-place finish.^[2]

Djigui Diarra

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Young Africans
Number	39
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2021	Stade Malien
2021–	Young Africans	72	(0)
International career‡
2015	Mali U20	7	(0)
2015	Mali U23	3	(0)
2015–	Mali	69	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:20, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Diarra joined Tanzanian club Young Africans in August 2021.^[3]

International career

Youth

Diarra was set to represent his country at the 2015 African U-20 Championship, but broke his hand during a CAF Champions League match against AS GNN, and was ultimately not selected for the squad.^[4][5]

In May 2015, he was named in Mali's squad to represent the national under-20 team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.^[6] Diarra, the team captain, blocked nine shots, including a penalty, in their quarterfinal match against Germany.^[7] They eventually won by penalty shootout, by a score of 4–3.^[8] They were eliminated in the semifinals by Serbia, but defeated Senegal in the third-place match.

Additionally, he earned three caps with the Mali under-23 national team during the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in late 2015, recording one shutout.

Senior

Diarra was called up to the Mali national team for the 2016 African Nations Championship qualification, and made his senior international debut during the preliminary round, in a 3–1 victory against Guinea-Bissau on 5 July 2015. He also appeared in a 2–1 victory against Mauritania on 18 October. With these victories, Mali qualified for the 2016 African Nations Championship, held in Rwanda. Diarra was once again named to the 23-man squad,^[9] and recorded three shutouts in six matches while Mali reached the finals, where they lost 3–0 to DR Congo.^[10] Diarra was named to the Tournament XI as a substitute.^[11]

Career statistics

As of matches played on 5 June 2025^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2015	2	0
	2016	10	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	14	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	8	0
	2022	1	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	13	0
	2025	3	0
Total		69	0

Honours

Stade Malien

• Malian Première Division: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21
• Malian Cup: 2013, 2015, 2018
• Malian Super Cup: 2014, 2015
• Tanzania Premier League: 2021, 2022

Mali

• African Nations Championship runners-up: 2016

Mali U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 2015

Individual

• CAF Team of the Year: 2015 (as a substitute)^[13]
• African Nations Championship Best XI: 2016 (as a substitute)^[11]
• Malian Première Division Player of the Year: 2014–15^[14]
• Best goalkeeper of Tanzania Premier League (NBC): 2021–22