Stéphane Diarra (born 9 December 1998) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a winger for club

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

Career

Diarra made his senior debut for Évian during the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, and then joined

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

in July 2016. He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

, helped them gain promotion to Ligue 2 via the play-offs, and joined them on a three-year contract in June 2019. In summer 2020, Diarra moved to

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (;), commonly referred to as FC Lorient (), is a French professional association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 2, having been relegated f ...

, newly promoted to

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, on a five-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Le Mans was reported as €3 million. On 21 August 2023, Diarra joined

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

on a season-long loan.

Personal life

Born in

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, Ivory Coast, he holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.

Career statistics

Honours

Lorient *

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: 2024–25

References

1998 births Living people Naturalized citizens of France Ivorian emigrants to France Ivorian men's footballers French men's footballers Footballers from Abidjan Men's association football wingers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players Stade Rennais FC players Le Mans FC players FC Lorient players AS Saint-Étienne players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub