Personal information | |||
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Full name | Youssouf Diarra | ||
Date of birth | (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tenerife | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cervera | |||
2009–2014 | Tàrrega | ||
2014–2015 | Lleida Esportiu | ||
2015–2016 | Ardoi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Txantrea | 33 | (15) |
2017–2020 | Basconia | 74 | (21) |
2020–2022 | Bilbao Athletic | 61 | (2) |
2022–2024 | Córdoba | 74 | (9) |
2024– | Tenerife | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024 |
Youssouf "Yussi" Diarra (born 13 September 1998) is a Malian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club CD Tenerife.
Early life
Diarra was born in Bamako, and moved to Cervera, Lleida, Catalonia at the age of eight. He began his career with CEF Cervera, and later represented UE Tàrrega and Lleida Esportiu before moving to Pamplona, Navarre in 2015, when he joined CF Ardoi FE.
Club career
In 2016, Diarra joined Tercera División side UDC Txantrea, where he became a spotlight and scored 15 goals during the campaign. His performances attracted the interest of Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal CF, and he joined the former in June, which raised doubts over the club's signing policy.
After playing for the farm team CD Basconia, Diarra was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B ahead of the 2020–21 season. On 26 May 2021, he renewed his contract until 2023.
On 13 July 2022, Diarra signed a two-year deal with Córdoba CF in Primera Federación, with Athletic holding a buy-back clause. He was a first-choice for the club during the 2023–24 campaign, scoring five goals in 41 appearances overall as they achieved promotion to Segunda División; on 1 July 2024, he departed the club after rejecting a contract renewal.
On 5 July 2024, Diarra agreed to a three-year contract with CD Tenerife in the second division.
References
- ^ "¿Quién es Youssouf Diarra?" [Who is Youssouf Diarra?] (in Spanish). El Correo. 4 July 2017.
- "Youssouf Diarra and the philosophy of Athletic Club". Diario AS. 9 July 2017.
- "Ilusión por ser futbolista" [Hopes for being a footballer] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 23 August 2016.
- "¿Quién puede jugar en el Athletic? El caso Diarra agita la filosofía del club" [Who can play at Athletic? The case Diarra shakes the club's philosophy] (in Spanish). El País. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "El malí Diarra provoca dudas en el Athletic" [The Malian Diarra brings up doubts at Athletic] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "El Villarreal se suma al interés por el extremo Youssouf Diarra" [Villarreal add up to the interest for the winger Youssouf Diarra] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Youssouf Diarra se incorporará al Basconia" [Youssouf Diarra to join Basconia] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- "Lío en el Athletic por el fichaje del malí Youssouf Diarra" [Trouble in Athletic over the signing of Malian Youssouf Diarra] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Ander Alaña: "Si Diarra está aquí entra en la filosofía"" [Ander Alaña: "If Diarra is here he enters the philosophy"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- "Youssouf Diarra, el polémico fichaje del Basconia que marca más de la mitad de los goles del equipo" [Youssouf Diarra, the controversial signing of Basconia who score more than half of the team's goals] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Renovaciones de Cabo, Paredes y Diarra" [Renewals of Cabo, Paredes and Diarra] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Youssouf Diarra, nuevo jugador del Córdoba CF" [Youssouf Diarra, new player of Córdoba CF] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Diarra departs Athletic Club for Córdoba CF". Athletic Bilbao. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Youssouf Diarra: "Fuera del Athletic también hay fútbol"" [Youssouf Diarra: "There is football outside Athletic too"] (in Spanish). El Correo. 7 September 2022.
- "Gracias, Diarra" [Thank you, Diarra] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- "Yussi Diarra, refuerzo para el centro del campo del CD Tenerife" [Yussi Diarra, addition for CD Tenerife's centre of midfield] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
- Youssouf Diarra at Athletic Bilbao
- Youssouf Diarra at BDFutbol
- Youssouf Diarra at Soccerway
CD Tenerife – current squad | |
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bamako
- Malian men's footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CD Basconia footballers
- Athletic Bilbao B footballers
- Córdoba CF players
- CD Tenerife players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen