Serey Die
Serey Dié with VfB Stuttgart (February 2015)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sereso Geoffroy Gonzaroua Dié | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Basel | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Centre Nationale des Sports de Haut Niveau | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Volcan Junior | ||
| 2002–2003 | CO Korhogo | ||
| 2003–2006 | Stade d'Abidjan | ||
| 2006–2007 | EO Goulette et Kram | ||
| 2007–2008 | ES Sétif | 54 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | FC Sion | 115 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Basel | 43 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | VfB Stuttgart | 36 | (1) |
| 2016– | FC Basel | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Ivory Coast | 34 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2017 |
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Sereso Geoffroy Gonzaroua Dié (born 7 November 1984 in Abidjan), known as Serey Dié, is an Ivorian football midfielder currently playing for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.
Serey Dié started his football for Centre National des Sports de Haut Niveau in Abidjan. He played one year for Volcan Junior and one year for CO Korhogo before moving to top team Stade d'Abidjan in 2003. Three years later he moved to EO Goulette et Kram in Tunisia. But this was also to remain a short stay, he cancelled his contract himself after just half a year.
Then Serey Dié was invited for a trial with ES Sétif and therefore moved to Algeria. This adventure nearly started and ended as a farce on the same day. As the club's president saw Serey Dié he thought that the wrong player had been hired and sent him home. The coach asked Serey Dié to stay for the training, which he did and in a test match was able to convince the club's management to let him stay for a six-month trial. During this trial period Serey Dié played well and ES Sétif won the 2007–08 Arab Champions League. But he refused to sign the contact that he was subsequently offered.
Between 2008 and 2012 Serey Dié played for FC Sion, with whom he won the Swiss Cup twice. During March 2010, Serey Dié came under suspicion of corruption in connection with betting manipulation. In May 2012, he was the subject of controversy after cameras filmed him slapping a thirteen-year-old ball-boy in the face. This was during the away game against FC Lausanne-Sport on 2 May. This assault resulted in an eight match suspension.
On 13 December 2012, FC Basel announced that they had signed Serey Dié on a three and a half year contract. Serey Dié played his debut for Basel on 10 February 2013 in the 3–0 home win in St. Jakob-Park against his former club Sion. He scored his first goal for Basel, the first goal of the match, in the 4–0 away win against Luzern in the Swissporarena on 1 April 2013. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13, he won the Championship title and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but were knocked out being beaten 2–5 on aggregate.
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