Amadou Diawara

Amadou Diawara
Diawara playing for Guinea in 2023
Personal information
Full name Amadou Diawara[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997[1]
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leganés
Number 24
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)
2022–2025 Anderlecht 33 (1)
2025 RSCA Futures 4 (0)
2025 Eldense 12 (2)
2025– Leganés 40 (3)
International career‡
2024 Guinea Olympic (O.P.) 3 (1)
2018– Guinea 43 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 July 2024

Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Guinea national team. He competed for Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career

Early career

Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea.[3] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.

Bologna

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.[4] 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.[5]

Napoli

On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[6] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[7] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.

Roma

On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024.[8][9]

Anderlecht

On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract.[10] On 4 February 2025, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.[11]

Eldense

On 11 March 2025, Diawara signed for Spanish Segunda División club CD Eldense on a contract until 30 June 2025.[12] He immediately became a starter, but was unable to avoid relegation.

Leganés

On 31 July 2025, Diawara agreed to a two-year deal with CD Leganés also in the Spanish second division.[13]

International career

Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[14] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[15] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018,[16] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[17] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Marino 2014–15 Lega Pro 15000——150
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A 34010——350
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 180406[a]0—280
2017–18 Serie A 181108[a]1—272
2018–19 Serie A 130204[b]0—190
Total 49170181—742
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 221206[b]0—301
2020–21 Serie A 1810010[b]0—281
2021–22 Serie A 40004[c]0—80
Total 44220200—662
Anderlecht 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 2212011[c]0—351
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 11010——120
Total 33130110—471
Career total 1754130491002375
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 10 June 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 201830
201970
202010
202170
2022100
202390
202460
Total430

Honours

Roma

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2024. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "DIAWARA Amadou". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista". Bologna. Retrieved 22 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Newman, Blair (25 November 2015). "Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough". GazettaWorld. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Diawara" [Napoli official acquisition of Diawara] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Burt, Jason; Bull, J. J. (17 October 2017). "Man City 2 Napoli 1: Sensational City survive late pressure to pass first real test of the season". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Roma, ecco Diawara dal Napoli. Contratto fino al 2024". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Valencia end pursuit of Roma's Amadou Diawara". RomaPress.net. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "AMADOU DIAWARA (25), A REINFORCEMENT IN MIDFIELD". Anderlecht. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Amadou Diawara's contract terminated by mutual agreement". Anderlecht. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Amadou Diawara, nuevo jugador del CD Eldense" [Amadou Diawara, new CD Eldense player] (in Spanish). CD Eldense. 11 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "C.D. Leganés strengthens its midfield with the signing of Amadou Diawara". CD Leganés. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (9 October 2018). "Napoli's Amadou Diawara: It was always Guinea never Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "Diawara could play for Italy | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  16. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 March 2018). "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  17. ↑ Marteh, Danesius (4 October 2018). "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Elim. CAN 2019 : la Guinée punit le Rwanda et se rapproche du Cameroun - Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée". Foot224.co. 12 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Amadou Diawara at Soccerway
  20. ↑ "Diawara, Amadou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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