Yadaly Diaby
Guinean footballer (born 2000)
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Yadaly Diaby (born 9 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Ligue 2 club Grenoble.[1] Born in France, he plays for Guinea national team internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grenoble | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Jeunesse Foot Sud | ||
| 2013–2019 | Andrézieux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon[a] | 16 | (1) |
| 2021 | Clermont B | 12 | (4) |
| 2021–2025 | Clermont | 18 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | → Austria Lustenau (loan) | 53 | (9) |
| 2025– | Grenoble | 28 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Guinea | 10 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2025 | |||
Club career
Yadaly Diaby started football in the Jeunesse Foot Sud club in Saint-Étienne: Season 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. He will then join the Andrézieux Bouthéon club.
Yadaly Diaby : Andrézieux-Bouthéon in 2019, where he played several seasons in the Championnat National 2 with their senior team; before joining Clermont on the summer 2021.[2][3][4]
First playing with the reserve team in National 3, his performance—most notably a hat trick against during a 4-1 win against the Académie Moulins[5]—quickly granted him an access to the first team, as he signed his first professional contract with the Auvergnats early November 2021.[6][7][8]
Diaby made his professional debut for Clermont Foot on 1 December 2021, replacing an injured Jim Allevinah at the 63rd minute of a 2–2 home Ligue 1 draw against Lens. Whilst he saw hist team equalize just after he came on – as Mohamed Bayo scored the last goal of the game –, Diaby was red carded at the 84th, after he accidentally kicked an opponent.[9][10][11] This exclusion earned him a 2 rounds ban from the French competition.[12]
On 3 February 2025, Diaby signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Grenoble in Ligue 2.[13]
International career
Diaby was born in Saint-Pierre, in Reunion Island (France), to Guinean parents.[2][8][14] He debuted with the Guinea national team in a 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Ethiopia on 24 March 2023.[15]
Style of play
An offensively-minded midfielder,[8] Diaby is able to play both as a left or a right midfielder.[6][7]
Notes
- In 2019, ASF Andrézieux became Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC.