| Bafodé Diakité | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
| Height: | 1.85m |
| Position: | Centre-back, left-back, right-back |
| Currentclub: | Lille |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Toulouse ACF |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Toulouse |
| Years1: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Toulouse B |
| Caps1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Toulouse |
| Caps2: | 72 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | Lille |
| Caps3: | 54 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | France U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam4: | France U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2024 |
| Nationalteam5: | France Olympic |
| Nationalcaps5: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lille.
Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.[1]
Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.[2]
On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.[3]
Diakité is a youth international for France.[4] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.[5] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Toulouse II | 2018–19 | CFA 3 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||||
| 2021–22 | CFA 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Toulouse | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 72 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 82 | 7 | ||||
| Lille | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 67 | 9 | |||||
| Career total | 136 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 19 | |||
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