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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pape Malickou Diakhaté | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-06-21)21 June 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ouakam | |||
| Nancy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2007 | Nancy | 141 | (3) |
| 2007–2011 | Dynamo Kyiv | 37 | (1) |
| 2010 | →Saint-Étienne (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | →Lyon (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Granada | 43 | (0) |
| 2014 | →Erciyesspor (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2016 | Nancy | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | FC Lunéville | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2012 | Senegal | 39 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pape Malickou Diakhaté (born 21 June 1984) is a Senegalese former professionalfootballer who played as acentral defender.
Diakhaté was born inDakar, Senegal. Having come through theNancy youth ranks, he made hisLigue 2 debut on 20 October 2001, playing the first half of the 2–0 win overLB Châteauroux. He played 25 league matches the following season, and appeared regularly for the club, although his 2003–04 season was severely disrupted by injury.[1] 2004–05 brought Diakhaté favourable recognition, winning a place inFrance Football's team of the season.
On 18 July 2007, it was announced that Diakhaté had signed a contract with Ukrainian clubDynamo Kyiv for a €4 million transfer fee.[2] He made his debut for Dynamo on 1 August 2007 in a league fixture againstFC Chornomorets Odesa. He quickly established himself in the first team and even captained the club on occasion. A month later, on 1 September, he broke acollar bone in a match againstFC Kharkiv, but once recovered returned to the team. On 16 December 2009, he left Dynamo Kyiv, and returned to France signing a half-year loan contract withAS Saint-Étienne. The following season he was loaned toLyon.
On 26 August 2011, Diakhaté signed for Spanish clubGranada CF, for a club record transfer fee of €4.5 million on a four-year contract.[citation needed]
In January 2016, he joined former clubAS Nancy signing a contract until the end of the season.[3][4] Having made few appearances due to back problems, he left the club at the end of his contract.[5]
In August 2017, after a year without a club, Diakhaté signed withfifth-tier side FC Lunéville.[6] He played for the club on the first four matchdays before being reported as injured. In October, he agreed to the termination of his contract.[7]
In 2004, Diakhaté earned a full international call-up fromSenegal. After Nancy's promotion toLigue 1 in 2005, Diakhaté was also part of the Senegalese team that finished fourth in the2006 African Cup of Nations.
Originally aleft-back and capable of playing as a wide midfielder, he is recognised mainly as acentre-back. He has also been known to play in goal for Senegal on numerous occasions.[citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nancy | 2001–02 | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2006–07 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 141 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 3 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2007–08 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Lyon (loan) | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Granada | 2011–12 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Erciyesspor (loan) | 2013–14 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nancy | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lunéville | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 293 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 328 | 8 | ||
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