Diadie Samassékou
![]() Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||
Number | 18 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
–2015 | Real Bamako | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | Liefering | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | 83 | (1) | |||||||||||
2019– | TSG Hoffenheim | 79 | (2) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||
2024 | → Cádiz (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Mali U20 | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | Mali U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016– | Mali | 39 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC) |
Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]Red Bull Salzburg
[edit]In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[2] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[3] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[4]
TSG Hoffenheim
[edit]On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]
On 1 February 2024, Samassékou joined Cádiz in Spain on loan.[6]
International career
[edit]Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[7] and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 25 May 2024[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liefering | 2015–16 | Erste Liga | 25 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 26 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 45 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 83 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 134 | 2 | ||
TSG Hoffenheim | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 2 | ||
Olympiacos (loan) | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |
Cádiz (loan) | 2023–24 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 212 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 276 | 6 |
International
[edit]- As of match played 6 June 2024.[10]
Mali | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2016 | 2 | 0 |
2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 8 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 5 | 0 |
2022 | 8 | 0 |
2023 | 5 | 0 |
2024 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 39 | 1 |
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[11]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 June 2019 | Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Red Bull Salzburg
Individual
[edit]- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18,[12] 2018–19[13]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Diadié Samassékou llega cedido del Hoffenheim alemán" [Diadié Samassékou arrives on loan from German Hoffenheim] (in Spanish). Cádiz. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Diadie Samassékou at Soccerway
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Malian men's footballers
- Malian expatriate men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- Mali men's under-20 international footballers
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Bundesliga players
- Super League Greece players
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Liefering players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Cádiz CF players
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Footballers from Bamako