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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kadidiatou Diani[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | ES Vitry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | US Ivry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Paris FC | 73 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | 114 | (74) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon | 33 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | France U17 | 31 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | France U19 | 19 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | France U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | France | 120 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Kadidiatou Diani (born 1 April 1995) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forPremière Ligue clubLyon and theFrance national team.
On 2 August 2023, Diani was announced atLyon on a four year contract.[3]
On 27 September 2023, an investigation was opened against her former coachDidier Ollé-Nicolle, with Diani accusing him of sexual assault.[4]
Diani has played forFrance at several youth levels, including in the2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she scored four goals and helped her side winning the championship.[5] She also played in the2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring one goal againstNew Zealand and helping France to finish in the third place.[5]
Diani was called up to the France squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6]
Diani was called up to the France squad for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]
On 30 May 2022, Diani was called up to the France squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2022.[8]
On 24 February 2023, she announced she would no longer play for the national team after captainWendie Renard said she would step down to save her mental health. Diani said she wanted changes to be made to the way the team was managed.[9]
Diani was called up to the France squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] On 2 August 2023, she scored a hat-trick in a 6–3 victory overPanama in the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup last group stage match.[11]
In July 2024, Diani was named in France's squad for the2024 Olympics.[12]
Diani was born inIvry-sur-Seine, France on 1 April 1995, and is of Malian descent.[13]
Her "adviser", César Mavacala, was a suspect in theHamraoui case.[14] In February 2022, she caused a controversy withMarie-Antoinette Katoto for her support toAminata Diallo during a goal celebration forFrance.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juvisy | 2010–11 | D1F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | D1F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | D1F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | D1F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | D1F | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 4 | |||
| 2015–16 | D1F | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 23 | 15 | |||
| 2016–17 | D1F | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 7 | |||
| Total | 73 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 30 | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2017–18 | D1F | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | D1F | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | 30 | 16 | ||
| 2019–20 | D1F | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | 25 | 14 | |
| 2020–21 | D1F | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 24 | 14 | ||
| 2021–22 | D1F | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | – | 31 | 16 | ||
| 2022–23 | D1F | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1[a] | 0 | 30 | 26 | |
| Total | 114 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 92 | ||
| Lyon | 2023–24 | D1F | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | D1F | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | – | 30 | 16 | ||
| Total | 37 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | ||
| Career total | 224 | 113 | 36 | 16 | 57 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 320 | 156 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | |
| Total | 120 | 31 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 November 2014 | Stade Francis Le Basser,Laval,France | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 16 July 2016 | Stade Sébastien Charléty,Paris, France | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 1 September 2018 | Stade de la Licorne,Amiens, France | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 4 | 9 October 2018 | Stade des Alpes,Grenoble, France | 2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 19 January 2019 | Stade Océane,Le Havre, France | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 6 | 2–0 | |||||
| 7 | 4 April 2019 | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps,Auxerre, France | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 8 | 25 May 2019 | Stade de la Source,Orléans, France | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 9 | 3–0 | |||||
| 10 | 31 May 2019 | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle,Créteil, France | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 11 | 23 October 2020 | Stade de la Source,Orléans, France | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification | |
| 12 | 1 December 2020 | Stade de la Rabine,Vannes, France | 2–0 | 12–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification | |
| 13 | 5–0 | |||||
| 14 | 17 September 2021 | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium,Patras, Greece | 6–0 | 10–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 15 | 22 October 2021 | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle,Créteil, France | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 16 | 30 November 2021 | Stade de Roudourou,Guingamp, France | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 17 | 1 July 2022 | Stade de la Source,Orléans, France | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | |
| 18 | 6–0 | |||||
| 19 | 14 July 2022 | New York Stadium,Rotherham, England | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | |
| 20 | 6 September 2022 | Stade Louis Dugauguez,Sedan, France | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 21 | 4–1 | |||||
| 22 | 11 November 2022 | Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano,La Nucia,Spain | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 23 | 2 August 2023 | Sydney Football Stadium,Sydney,Australia | 2–1 | 6–3 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 24 | 3–1 | |||||
| 25 | 5–1 | |||||
| 26 | 8 August 2023 | Hindmarsh Stadium,Adelaide, Australia | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 27 | 23 February 2024 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais,Décines-Charpieu, France | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | |
| 28 | 4 June 2024 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard,Saint-Étienne, France | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | |
| 29 | 3 December 2024 | Stade de Nice,Le Mans, France | 2–3 | 2–4 | Friendly | |
| 30 | 25 February 2025 | Stade Marie-Marvingt,Le Mans, France | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | |
| 31 | 9 July 2025 | Kybunpark,St. Gallen, Switzerland | 2–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
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