Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994) should not be confused with Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1979).
| Boubacar Diarra | |
| Fullname: | Boubacar Diarra[1] |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Bamako, Mali |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder[2] |
| Currentclub: | Horoya AC |
| Youthclubs1: | AS Revenant |
| Years1: | 2013 |
| Clubs1: | AS Korofina |
| Years2: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs2: | TP Mazembe |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Clubs3: | Club Africain |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | Wadi Degla |
| Years5: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs5: | Lierse |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs6: | Al-Hilal Club |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | Najran |
| Years8: | 2019 |
| Clubs8: | NEROCA FC |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2020– |
| Clubs9: | Horoya AC |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mali U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Mali U23 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam3: | Mali |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC) |
Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC.[3]
Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and AS Korofina, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join Linafoot team TP Mazembe.[4] [5] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League.[3] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 outfit Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016.[3] [5] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League.[3] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse.[6]
He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven.[7] In October 2018, Diarra joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club.[8] A move to Saudi Arabia and Najran of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League occurred on 26 June 2019.[9] However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to I-League club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract.[10] [11] [12] [13] He netted goals against Chennai City, East Bengal, TRAU and Real Kashmir across 2019–20.[3]
Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level.[3] [4] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[3] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium.[3]
.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lierse | 2016–17 | First Division B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 8[14] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| NEROCA | 2019–20 | I-League | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||||
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| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | ||||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | ||