| Aboubacar Diomandé | |
| Fullname: | Aboubacar Mé Diomandé |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, India |
| Position: | Midfielder Winger |
| Youthyears1: | –2005 |
| Youthclubs1: | Académie de Sol Beni |
| Years1: | 2005–2006 |
| Caps1: | ? |
| Goals1: | ? |
| Years2: | 2006–2007 |
| Years3: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs3: | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) |
| Years4: | 2007–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Stella Club d'Adjamé |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007–2010 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 0 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 13 August 2019 |
Aboubacar Mé Diomandé (7 May 1988 – 9 August 2019) was an Ivorian footballer who played as midfielder.
Mé Diomandé began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted to the first team in January 2005.[2] In January 2007, he was on trial at Charlton Athletic[3] and then moved in July 2007 to Stella Club d'Adjamé.
He was nominated for the Tournoi de l'UEMOA 2007 for Ivory Coast.[4] Diomandé played for the Elephants at the 2009 African Nations Championship in Ivory Coast,[5] here he represented the team as captain.[6]
On 9 August 2019, Diomandé was found dead on railway tracks on the Mumbai-Howrah route in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh state of India.[7]
His mutilated body was recovered from the tracks near Baradwar railway station. According to Sub-divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Champa area Udyan Behar, the player was identified through the mobile recovered from near his body. The police were able to identify the player through the identification documents which were in the mobile.
After investigation, the police concluded that the player would have landed in the country on 8 August 2019 and was travelling to join his new teammates in Kolkata.[8]
The further conclusions detail the midfielder to have fallen from the train.
The police tried to look for missing bags from the trains at Howrah station but weren't successful in finding any.