Amadou Diawara
Guinean footballer (born 1997)
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Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Guinea national team. He competed for Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Diawara playing for Guinea in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amadou Diawara[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leganés | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Syli Authentic | ||
| 2012–2014 | FC Séquence | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | San Marino | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bologna | 34 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Napoli | 49 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Roma | 44 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Anderlecht | 33 | (1) |
| 2025 | RSCA Futures | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | Eldense | 12 | (2) |
| 2025– | Leganés | 40 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Guinea Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (1) |
| 2018– | Guinea | 43 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 July 2024 | |||
Club career
Early career
Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea.[3] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.
Bologna
While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.[4] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.[5]
Napoli
On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[6] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[7] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.
Roma
On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024.[8][9]
Anderlecht
On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract.[10] On 4 February 2025, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.[11]
Eldense
On 11 March 2025, Diawara signed for Spanish Segunda División club CD Eldense on a contract until 30 June 2025.[12] He immediately became a starter, but was unable to avoid relegation.
Leganés
On 31 July 2025, Diawara agreed to a two-year deal with CD Leganés also in the Spanish second division.[13]
International career
Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[14] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[15] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018,[16] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[17] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[18]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 December 2023[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| San Marino | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Bologna | 2015–16 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Napoli | 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | 74 | 2 | ||||
| Roma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 66 | 2 | ||||
| Anderlecht | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[c] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 175 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 5 | |||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 10 June 2024[20]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | |
