Diarra with Antalyaspor in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lamine Diarra | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Bignona, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Second Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Elazığspor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Dakar UC | - | (-) |
2003–2005 | Jeanne d'Arc | - | (-) |
2005–2007 | Zrinjski Mostar | 27 | (12) |
2007 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2007–2012 | Partizan | 112 | (56) |
2010–2011 | → Al Shabab (loan) | 8 | (3) |
2012–2017 | Antalyaspor | 107 | (39) |
2016 | → Göztepe (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2017– | Elazığspor | 12 | (2) |
National team | |||
2009 | Senegal | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2016. |
Lamine Diarra (born 20 December 1983) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Elazığspor. He was capped once for the national team of Senegal.
Nicknamed "Black Mamba" and "Mamba Di", due to his speed and clinical finishing, Diarra is the second-highest goalscorer in the history of Serbia's SuperLiga.
On 4 July 2007, Diarra signed a three-year contract with Partizan and was given the number 26 shirt. He made his competitive debut for Partizan in a UEFA Cup qualifier against his former club Zrinjski Mostar, on 19 July 2007, netting a hat-trick in a 6–1 away victory. In the Serbian Cup semi-final, on 16 April 2008, Diarra scored two goals against Crvena Zvezda in a 3–2 away win. He also scored a hat-trick in the 2008 Serbian Cup final, a 3–0 win over Zemun. In total, Diarra made 31 league appearances for Partizan, scoring 12 goals, during the 2007–08 season. He was also the club's top scorer in all competitions and signed a two-year extension to his contract.
Diarra scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season against Inter Baku in a 2–0 win at home ground, in the second leg of the second qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. On 5 October 2008, Diarra scored a goal against cross-town rivals Crvena zvezda in a 2–0 away win. He continued his good form by scoring an equaliser against Sampdoria in the UEFA Cup group stage, on 24 October 2008, however Partizan would go on to lose the game 2–1. He made his 50th league appearance on 7 March 2009, in a match against Javor, scoring the winning goal for Partizan. Diarra has been the top goalscorer of the 2008–09 SuperLiga season with 19 goals. He was also one of eight Partizan players named in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Year.