Diawara playing for Guinea in 2023
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Anderlecht | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Syli Authentic | ||
| 2012–2014 | FC Séquence | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | San Marino | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bologna | 34 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Napoli | 49 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Roma | 44 | (2) |
| 2022– | Anderlecht | 33 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Guinea | 43 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 | |||
Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Guinea national team.
Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea.[2] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.
While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.[3] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.[4]
On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[5] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[6] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.
On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024.[7][8]
On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract.[9]
Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[10] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[11] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018,[12] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[13] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| San Marino | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Bologna | 2015–16 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Napoli | 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | 74 | 2 | ||||
| Roma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 66 | 2 | ||||
| Anderlecht | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[c] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 175 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 5 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Guinea | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | |
Roma
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R.S.C. Anderlecht – current squad
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