Baba Diawara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Papa Babacar Diawara | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Jeanne d´Arc | 24 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | Marítimo B | 23 | (6) |
| 2008–2012 | Marítimo | 103 | (37) |
| 2012–2015 | Sevilla | 30 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | → Levante (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | → Getafe (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Marítimo | 25 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2016. |
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Papa Babacar 'Baba' Diawara (born 5 January 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Born in Dakar, Diawara started his career with Senegal Premier League club ASC Jeanne d'Arc, moving to Europe aged just 19 to sign for C.S. Marítimo in Portugal. Having risen to prominence in the B-side, he made his debut for the main squad late into the 2007–08 season, appearing in the second half of a 1–1 Primeira Liga home draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora.
Promoted to the first team the following summer, Diawara scored ten goals in the 2008–09 campaign, in 25 league games. His form attracted the attention of several clubs, including Sporting Clube de Portugal, Olympiacos F.C. from Greece and Scotland's Heart of Midlothian, with the latter however being put off by Marítimo's £2.5 million (€2.75 million) valuation of the player.
Diawara bettered his individual totals to 11 goals in 2010–11, with Marítimo finishing in ninth position. Celtic came close to signing him in August 2011, but the deal collapsed on the last day of the transfer window due to visa issues.
Diawara netted ten goals in only 15 matches in the first half of the 2011–12 season, including the last-minute winner at Sporting in a 3–2 win.
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