Lassine Diarra
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 Diarra in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lassine Diarra | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 50 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Aspire Academy Dakar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Lakika FC | ||
| 2022–2023 | Châteauroux | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Châteauroux B | 10 | (0) |
| 2023– | Lyon B | 19 | (0) |
| 2025– | Lyon | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | Mali U23 | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 August 2024 | |||
Lassine Diarra (born 11 November 2002) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Born in Bamako in Mali, Diarra was formed at the Aspire Academy section in Dakar, Senegal. At 14 years old, he came back to Mali and joined Niamakoro based club Lakika FC.[2][3]
In 2022, Diarra moved abroad and joined French club Châteauroux. He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team in the Championnat National 3.[4] A year later, in November 2023, he signed for the reserves side of Ligue 1 club Lyon.[2]
In January 2025, Diarra was promoted to Lyon's first team, becoming the third-choice goalkeeper.[5][6]
International career
Diarra represented the Mali Olympics at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[7] As the starter goalkeeper, he played in all three group stage games as Mali failed to qualify to the quarter-finals.[8]
