Binke Diabaté (born 20 December 1995) is a Malian

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who plays for Spanish club Coruxo as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Diabaté moved to Spain at early age and joined CA Cirbonero's youth setup. In July 2007 he moved to

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

before leaving in 2012, and signing for

UDC Txantrea Unión Deportiva Cultural Txantrea Kirol eta Kultur Elkartea (Unión Deportiva Cultural Chantrea in Spanish) is a Spanish football team based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1952, it plays in , holding home games a ...

. Diabaté made his senior debut on 5 May 2013, scoring four goals in a 4–0

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

away win against CD Lagun Artea, but was only promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2014–15 campaign. On 22 June 2015 he returned to Cirbonero, now assigned to the first team also in the fourth level. In 2016 Diabaté joined

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

, being initially assigned to the reserves still in the fourth division. On 9 April of the following year he made his first team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 0–2 home loss against

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in the

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championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diabate, Binke 1995 births Footballers from Bamako Living people Malian men's footballers Men's association football forwards CD Numancia B players CD Numancia players CD Calahorra players SD Logroñés players UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players Coruxo FC players Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Malian sportsmen