| Diadie Samassékou | |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Bamako, Mali |
| Height: | 1.77 m[1] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | TSG Hoffenheim |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Youthyears1: | –2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Real Bamako |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Liefering |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Caps2: | 83 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019– |
| Clubs3: | TSG Hoffenheim |
| Caps3: | 79 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Olympiacos (loan) |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2024 |
| Clubs5: | → Cádiz (loan) |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mali U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Mali U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016– |
| Nationalteam3: | Mali |
| Nationalcaps3: | 39 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 25 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 23:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC) |
Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.
In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[2] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[3] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[4]
On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]
On 1 February 2024, Samassékou joined Cádiz in Spain on loan.[6]
Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[7] and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liefering | 2015–16 | Erste Liga | 25 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 45 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 83 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 134 | 2 | |||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 2 | |||
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||
| Cádiz (loan) | 2023–24 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 212 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 276 | 6 | |||
| Mali | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 1 | |
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.
Red Bull Salzburg