Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.

Mahamadou Diarra

Diarra in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	18 May 1981 (aged 44)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998	Centre Salif Keita
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	OFI	21	(2)
1999–2002	Vitesse	69	(9)
2002–2006	Lyon	123	(7)
2006–2011	Real Madrid	90	(3)
2011	Monaco	9	(0)
2012–2014	Fulham	23	(1)
Total		335	(22)
National team
2000–2012	Mali	72	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFI	1998–99	Alpha Ethniki	21	2	1	0	—		—		—		22	2
Vitesse	1999–2000	Eredivisie	16	2	1	0	—		1	0	—		18	2
	2000–01		29	4	3	0	—		2	0	—		34	4
	2001–02		24	3	4	0	—		—		—		28	3
	Total		69	9	8	0	—		3	0	—		80	9
Lyon	2002–03	Ligue 1	28	1	2	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	39	1
	2003–04		27	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	38	2
	2004–05		33	2	1	0	3	1	9	2	—		46	5
	2005–06		31	3	1	0	1	0	9	2	1	0	43	5
	2006–07		4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		123	7	4	0	5	1	35	4	3	1	170	13
Real Madrid	2006–07	La Liga	33	3	4	0	—		10	1	—		47	4
	2007–08		30	0	0	0	—		6	0	2	0	38	0
	2008–09		9	0	1	0	—		3	0	2	0	15	0
	2009–10		15	0	2	0	—		3	0	—		20	0
	2010–11		3	0	3	0	—		2	0	—		8	0
	Total		90	3	10	0	—		24	1	4	0	128	4
Monaco	2010–11	Ligue 1	9	0	—		—		—		—		9	0
Fulham	2011–12	Premier League	11	1	—		—		—		—		11	1
	2012–13		8	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2013–14		4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		23	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		23	1
Career total			335	22	23	0	5	1	62	5	7	1	432	29

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	1998	1	0
	1999	1	0
	2000	2	0
	2001	3	0
	2002	11	2
	2003	8	0
	2004	10	2
	2005	3	1
	2006	2	0
	2007	7	1
	2008	10	1
	2009	3	0
	2010	7	0
	2011	3	0
	2012	1	0
Total		72	7

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diarra goal.

List of international goals scored by Mahamadou Diarra

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 January 2002	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2				2–0
3	30 January 2004	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Burkina Faso	2–0	3–1	2004 African Cup of Nations
4	7 February 2004		Guinea	2–1	2–1
5	5 June 2005	Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali	Liberia	4–1	4–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	6 February 2007	Stade Marville, Saint-Malo, France	Lithuania	2–1	3–1	Friendly

Honours

Lyon

• Ligue 1: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Trophée des Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supercopa de España: 2008

Mali

• FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze:1999

Mahamadou Diarra Media

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