Arsène Wenger gave him his Arsenal debut against Chelsea on 31 January 1999, and he was gone by the summer with twelve league games and not one goal. Bordeaux's 1998-99 French title heads the list, taken in the season he left them, along with beaten Coupe de la Ligue finals for Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain, eight goals in twenty-one Guinea caps, and the Guinea head coach's job from October 2021. Career record: 13 caps and 6 goals for Guinea; club career at Sporting Toulon Var, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, AC Arles.
| 1993–1995 | Sporting Toulon Var |
| 1995–1998 | FC Girondins de Bordeaux |
| 1998–1998 | Stade Rennais |
| 1999–1999 | Olympique de Marseille |
| 1999–1999 | Arsenal |
| 2000–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2001–2001 | West Ham United |
| 2001–2002 | Racing Club de Ferrol |
| 2001–2001 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 2002–2003 | OGC Nice |
| 2002–2002 | Racing Club de Ferrol |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Gharafa SC |
| Guinea | 13 caps, 6 goals |
Guinea legends whose careers overlapped Diawara's
One rank above: Ibrahima Traoré at #9.
One rank below: François Kamano at #11.
Guinea's editorial top five: Naby Keita · Pascal Feindouno · Cherif Souleymane · Serhou Guirassy · Titi Camara.