Mohamed Diomande

Mohamed Diomande
Diomande in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Baba Diomande[1]
Date of birth (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001[1]
Place of birth Yopougon, Ivory Coast[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Çorum
Number 10
Youth career
2013–2020 Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Nordsjælland 96 (11)
2024 → Rangers (loan) 13 (2)
2024–2026 Rangers 69 (5)
2026– Çorum 0 (0)
International career‡
2023–2024 Ivory Coast U23 1 (0)
2024– Ivory Coast 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:13, 9 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2025

Mohamed Baba Diomande (born 30 October 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Çorum and the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Nordsjælland

Growing up in Wassakara in the Yopougon suburb of the Ivorian capital of Abidjan,[3] Diomande came to the Danish club FC Nordsjælland through the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana. He made his professional debut on 19 February 2020 in a Danish Superliga match against AC Horsens, starting at central midfield in the 6–0 home win before being replaced in the 60th minute by Clinton Antwi.[4] Diomande was subsequently praised by head coach Flemming Pedersen, who stated that "[h]e covers a large area of the pitch [...] he's a good dribbler and physically strong. When he adjusts to the Superliga, he will also become one of our most important players."[5] He finished his first season as a senior player with 15 total appearances.[6]

Diomande scored his first goal for Nordsjælland on 13 September 2020, the first matchday of the 2020–21 season, in a 3–2 loss to Brøndby IF.[7]

Rangers

On 26 January 2024, Diomande joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a loan with an obligation to buy deal.[8] He made his debut for Rangers on 6 February 2024, coming on as a 85th minute substitute, replacing Todd Cantwell during a Scottish Premiership match at home to Aberdeen.[9] He scored his first Rangers goal in a 3–0 victory away to St Johnstone on 18 February 2024.[10]

On 15 December 2024, Diomande scored Rangers second goal in the 2024 Scottish League Cup final.[11][12]

Çorum

On 12 August 2026, Diomande joined newly promoted Turkish Süper Lig club Çorum for a reported transfer fee of around £4.5m.[13]

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Diomande is of Ghanaian descent.[14] He was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s in March 2023. He has since been called up to the Ghana National Team due to his early career.[15]

Diomande made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Gabon at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium. He substituted Jean Michaël Seri in the 78th minute of a 1–0 Ivory Coast victory.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 August 2026[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2019–20 Danish Superliga 15000——150
2020–21 Danish Superliga 11320——133
2021–22 Danish Superliga 25311——264
2022–23 Danish Superliga 32543——368
2023–24 Danish Superliga 13011—7[c]0211
Total 961185—7011116
Rangers 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 13240—2[d]0192
2024–25 Scottish Premiership 364204112[e]1546
2025–26 Scottish Premiership 311202011[f]1462
2026–27 Scottish Premiership 2000001[d]030
Total 827806126212210
Career total 178181656133223326
  1. ↑ Includes Danish Cup and Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 June 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 202440
202540
Total80

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mohamed Diomande at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "TNT Sports is not available in your region". www.tntsports.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "THE JOURNEY: Mohammed Diomande". www.youtube.com. FC Nordsjælland. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nordsjælland vs. Horsens – 19 February 2020". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Kjems Hansen, Torsten (21 February 2020). "Efter debut i Superligaen: Han bliver en markant spiller" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 Mohamed Diomande at Soccerway
  7. ↑ "Brøndby slår FCN efter stort comeback". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mohamed Diomande: Rangers sign midfielder from Nordsjaelland on loan with obligation to buy". BBC Sport. 26 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 6 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "St Johnstone 0-3 Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Dowden, Martin (15 December 2024). "Celtic 3–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ↑ Conroy, Alison (15 December 2024). "Celtic 3-3 Rangers (5-4 pens): Daizen Maeda is Hoops hero with winning Scottish League Cup penalty". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mohamed Diomande departs Rangers". Rangers FC. 12 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ivory Coast-born Mohamed Diomande named in Ghana's squad for friendlies against Nigeria, Uganda". Footballghana.
  15. ↑ "Tournoi « Morroco U23 Challenge » : Emerse Fae dévoile une liste de 23 joueurs". www.pressecotedivoire.ci.
  16. ↑ "Ivory Coast v Gabon game report". ESPN. 7 June 2024.
  17. ↑ Sand, Nicolai (5 August 2023). "Syv klubber repræsenteret på månedens hold i Superligaen". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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