Cheick Fantamady Diarra (born 11 February 1992) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a striker.

Career

Diarra began his career with

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, later played with

Stade Malien Stade Malien is a Malian professional Association football, football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful bask ...

. On 6 July 2011, he moved to

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. He was loaned to

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club

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location I ...

for the 2013–14 season. He was again loaned in Ligue 2 the following season to

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

. On 15 July 2016, Fantamady Diarra joined

club

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

. On 18 August 2018, he joined

club

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. On 8 September 2021, he moved to

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

for the 2021–22 season. On 17 July 2022, Diarra signed with

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diarra goal''.

Honours

Mali *

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bronze:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

External links

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Cheick Fantamady Diarra's profile, stats & pics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diarra, Cheick Fantamady 1992 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Men's association football forwards Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Stade Malien players Stade Rennais FC players Istres FC players AJ Auxerre players Paris FC players Tours FC players LB Châteauroux players USL Dunkerque players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Paris 13 Atletico players Fujairah FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players UAE First Division League players Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates 21st-century Malian sportsmen