Papé Diakité

Papé Abdoulaye Diakité (born 22 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Papé Diakité

Personal information
Full name	Papé Abdoulaye Diakité
Date of birth	(1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Pikine, Senegal
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Kedah FA
Youth career
	AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur
2011–2012	AS Trenčín	8	(0)
2013–2015	Royal Antwerp	33	(0)
2014	→ Oosterzonen (loan)	11	(0)
2016–2017	Edmonton	56	(3)
2018	Police Tero
2018–2019	Tampa Bay Rowdies	46	(0)
2020–2021	Ho Chi Minh City	20	(0)
2021	Sai Gon
2022	Terengganu	19	(1)
2023	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	20	(0)
2024	Calicut FC
2025–	Kedah FA	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Trenčín

Diakité made his debut for AS Trenčín against Žilina on 24 November 2011.^[1]

FC Edmonton

On 8 February 2016, Diakité signed for Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.^[2] Diakité later revealed that he had offers from Romania and Bulgaria prior to signing with Edmonton, and originally was not going to sign with the club.^[3] After a strong 2016 season, Diakité was named the NASL's Young Player of the Year for the 2016 season^[4]

Terengganu

in 2022, Diakité moved to Malaysia to join Terengganu. With his calm demeanor and his dexterity in fending off opponents attacks, he was praised in the league.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 October 2016^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trenčín	2011–12	Fortuna Liga	8	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
Royal Antwerp	2013–14	Belgian Second Division	8	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
	2014–15		25	0	1	0	–		–		26	0
	Total		41	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	42	0
Oosterzonen (loan)	2013–14	Belgian Third Division	11	0	0	0	–		–		11	0
Edmonton	2016	NASL	27	3	2	0	–		–		29	3
Career total			79	3	4	0	-	-	-	-	82	3