Ibrahima Traoré vs Kaba Diawara
Guinea against Guinea. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Ibrahima Traoré
Guinea · 2007–19 · RM
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Guinea
- #9 of 33
- Clubs
- FC Augsburg, VfB Stuttgart
Guinea were losing to Nigeria on 8 October 2011 when Traoré struck in the twelfth minute of stoppage time, and the 2-2 draw that followed carried them to the next year's Africa Cup of Nations. He scored 8 goals for Guinea and played three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in 2012, 2015 and 2019, after a German career that ran from a Hertha debut in December 2007 through Augsburg and Stuttgart to seven seasons at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Career record: club career at Hertha BSC II, FC Augsburg, VfB Stuttgart.
Kaba Diawara
Guinea · 1998–2021 · ST
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Guinea
- #10 of 33
- Caps
- 13 · 6 goals
- Clubs
- Sporting Toulon Var, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, AC Arles
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.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 82.
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