Amadou Diawara
Diawara in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 21
Youth career
2010–2012 Syli Authentic
2012–2014 FC Séquence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 San Marino 15 (0)
2015–2016 Bologna 34 (0)
2016–2019 Napoli 49 (1)
2019–2022 Roma 44 (2)
2022– Anderlecht 31 (1)
International career‡
2018– Guinea 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Guinea national team.

Club career

Early career

Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea.[2] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.

Bologna

While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.[3] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.[4]

Napoli

On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[5] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[6] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.

Roma

On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024.[7][8]

Anderlecht

On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract.[9]

International career

Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[10] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[11] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018,[12] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[13] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Marino 2014–15 Lega Pro 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A 34 0 1 0 — — 35 0
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 18 0 4 0 6[a] 0 — 28 0
2017–18 Serie A 18 1 1 0 8[a] 1 — 27 2
2018–19 Serie A 13 0 2 0 4[b] 0 — 19 0
Total 49 1 7 0 18 1 — 74 2
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 22 1 2 0 6[b] 0 — 30 1
2020–21 Serie A 18 1 0 0 10[b] 0 — 28 1
2021–22 Serie A 4 0 0 0 4[c] 0 — 8 0
Total 44 2 2 0 20 0 — 66 2
Anderlecht 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 22 1 2 0 11[c] 0 — 35 1
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total 27 1 2 0 11 0 — 40 1
Career total 169 4 12 0 49 1 0 0 230 5
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 17 June 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea 2018 3 0
2019 7 0
2020 1 0
2021 7 0
2022 10 0
2023 4 0
Total 32 0

Honours

Roma

References

  1. ^ S.r.l., Agorà Telematica | Agorà Med. "Prima Squadra - SSC Napoli". www.sscnapoli.it. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista". Bologna. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ^ Newman, Blair (25 November 2015). "Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough". GazettaWorld. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Diawara" [Napoli official acquisition of Diawara] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ^ Burt, Jason; Bull, J. J. (17 October 2017). "Man City 2 Napoli 1: Sensational City survive late pressure to pass first real test of the season". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Roma, ecco Diawara dal Napoli. Contratto fino al 2024". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Valencia end pursuit of Roma's Amadou Diawara". RomaPress.net. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "AMADOU DIAWARA (25), A REINFORCEMENT IN MIDFIELD". Anderlecht. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (9 October 2018). "Napoli's Amadou Diawara: It was always Guinea never Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Diawara could play for Italy | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 March 2018). "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ^ Marteh, Danesius (4 October 2018). "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Elim. CAN 2019 : la Guinée punit le Rwanda et se rapproche du Cameroun - Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée". Foot224.co. 12 October 2018.
  15. ^ Amadou Diawara at Soccerway
  16. ^ "Diawara, Amadou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
Categories