Bradley Diallo
Diallo (right) playing for Oldham Athletic
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Metaloglobus București
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2009 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Marseille B
2011–2013 Oldham Athletic 15 (0)
2013–2014 RWS Bruxelles 7 (0)
2014–2017 LA Galaxy II 58 (3)
2017 LA Galaxy 18 (0)
2018–2019 Gaz Metan Mediaș 16 (0)
2019 Politehnica Iași 17 (0)
2020 Chindia Târgoviște 10 (1)
2020–2022 FC U Craiova 38 (2)
2022 SJK 4 (0)
2023 FC Brașov 6 (1)
2023– Metaloglobus București 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023

Bradley Diallo (born 20 July 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian Liga II club Metaloglobus București.[1] Although he started out as a left back, he developed into a very competent centre back in the second part of his career.

Career

Marseille

He had previously played for Olympique de Marseille, coming up through the youth ranks and making his first competitive start for the club in October 2009. He featured in 4 first team friendly games.[2]

Oldham Athletic

On 19 August 2011, he signed for Oldham Athletic on a five-month contract.[3] On 20 August 2011, he made his Football League debut as a 90th-minute substitute, coming on for Reuben Reid in a 2–0 victory over rivals Rochdale.[4] On 3 September 2011, in a game against local rivals Huddersfield Town, Diallo assisted Shefki Kuqi with a pinpoint cross after a run from the left flank but was later shown a straight red card in the 76th minute for a foul on Oscar Gobern.[5] After serving his suspension Diallo picked up a hamstring injury and was out of action for two and a half months. After recovering he again suffered the same injury in his first match back, due to being rushed into action too quickly. He was taken off after only 14th minutes in a reserves match against Bolton.[6]

RWS Bruxelles

After a successful trial with RWS Bruxelles, Bradley Diallo signed a professional contract with the club in January 2013. He put pen to paper on a 18-month contract with the club, with an option to extend.[7] Bradley Diallo made his debut on 2 February 2013 against Sportkring Sint-Niklaas.[8]

LA Galaxy

Bradley joined the USL Pro team the LA Galaxy II ahead of their inaugural 2014 season.[9] Bradley made his league appearance debut for the LA Galaxy II on 13 April 2014 against fellow USL Pro side Sacramento Republic FC. In 2017, Diallo moved to the first team and played 18 games with LA Galaxy before departing for Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș.

Romania

On 17 July 2018, Gaz Metan Mediaș announced the signing of Bradley Diallo.[10]

On 26 June 2019, Politehnica Iași announced the signing of Bradley Diallo.[11]

On 23 January 2020, Diallo signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Chindia Târgoviște.[12]

Finland

On 1 July 2022, Diallo signed with SJK in Finland until the end of 2022.[13]

Personal life

Diallo is of Malian descent.[14]

Honours

FC U Craiova

References

  1. ^ Bradley Diallo at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Bradley Diallo at Olympique de Marseille". YouTube. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Oldham sign defenders Bradley Diallo and Nathan Clarke". BBC Sport. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Oldham 2-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Oldham 1-1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Diallo Injury Update". Oldham Athletic. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Bradley Diallos Signs 18 month Contract with White Star Bruxelles (White Star Woluwe)". R. White Star Bruxelles. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Bradley Diallos Debut for White Star Bruxelles (White Star Woluwe)". R. White Star Bruxelles. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  9. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. ^ Mihaitalazarica (17 July 2018). "4 jucători au fost prezentați oficial la Gaz Metan Mediaș" (in Romanian). Gaz Metan Mediaș. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  11. ^ Mihaitalazarica (26 June 2019). "Poli Iași, la un pas de primele transferuri ale verii: Bradley Diallo și Juan Pablo Passaglia » Moldovenii îl vor și pe Sebastian Mailat de la CFR Cluj" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. ^ Mihaitalazarica (23 January 2020). "Bun venit, Diallo și Berisha!" (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Puolustaja Bradley Diallo sopimukseen SJK:n kanssa" (in Finnish). SJK. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Bradley Diallo :: Bradley Diallo :: Universitatea Craiova".

External links


FC Metaloglobus București – current squad
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