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Cheick Diabaté
Photo: Mahdi Zare · CC BY 4.0 · source
Mali · 2012–13

Cheick Diabaté

Stalwart ST, also SS Right-footed finisherclutch
Rating
83
Life
1988
Clubs
Centre Salif Keita, A.C. Ajaccio, A.S. Nancy-Lorraine
#10
Editorial rank of 33 for Mali
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Two goals at the Stade de France on 31 May 2013, the second with a minute to play, won Bordeaux the Coupe de France against Evian, and the 1.94-metre striker took the man of the match award. That cup sits with 50 goals in 127 league games for Bordeaux, eight in eleven Serie A games at Benevento, and 15 goals in 39 caps for a Mali side that took third at the 2012 and 2013 Cups of Nations. Career record: club career at Centre Salif Keita, A.C. Ajaccio, A.S. Nancy-Lorraine.

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Career record

2000–2006Centre Salif Keita
2006–2008FC Girondins de Bordeaux
2008–2009A.C. Ajaccio
2008–2016FC Girondins de Bordeaux
2009–2010A.S. Nancy-Lorraine
2016–2019Ankaraspor
2017–2017FC Metz
2018–2018Benevento Calcio
2018–2019Emirates Club
2019–todayEsteghlal

Shared the era

Mali legends whose careers overlapped Diabaté's

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Around Diabaté in the almanac

One rank above: Yves Bissouma at #9.

One rank below: Cédric Kanté at #11.

Mali's editorial top five: Salif Keita · Seydou Keita · Frédéric Kanouté · Mahamadou Diarra · Mohamed Sissoko.