Souleymane Diawara

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Souleymane Diawara
Personal information
Full name	Souleymane Diawara
Date of birth	December 24, 1978 (1978-12-24) (age 29)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	14
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Le Havre Sochaux Charlton Athletic Bordeaux	105 (2) 084 (4) 023 (0)[1] 0013 (0)
National team2
2002-	Senegal	012 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Souleymane Diawara (born December 24, 1978 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for Girondins de Bordeaux as well as for the Senegal national football team

He has played for Le Havre and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Côte d'Ivoire, due to a breach of discipline.^[2]

Diawara signed for Charlton Athletic on a four-year deal for £3.712m on 30 August 2006.^[3] He also has a French passport. He joined Girondins de Bordeaux from Charlton Athletic in August 2007 for an initial fee of €3.9m which could rise by €1.2m.^[4]

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[edit] External links

• Souleymane Diawara career stats at Soccerbase
• (French) Souleymane Diawara French league stats at lfp.fr

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