 Diomède in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1974-01-23)23 January 1974 (age 52)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Doulchard, Cher, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | France U20 (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2000 | Auxerre | 176 | (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Liverpool | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | →Ajaccio (loan) | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Ajaccio | 32 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Créteil | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Clermont Foot | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 248 | (44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | France | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | France U18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | France U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | France U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | France U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bernard Nicolas Thierry Diomède (born 23 January 1974) is a Frenchfootball manager and former professionalplayer. He is currently the manager of theFrance U20s. He played as awinger and won theWorld Cup withFrance in1998.
Diomède was born inSaint-Doulchard, Cher,[5] to parents ofGuadeloupean descent.[6]
Diomède's career began withAJ Auxerre. After playing at youth level for the club, he made hisDivision 1 debut in 1992. He played in the first team for eight years, underGuy Roux Auxerre won the Division 1 andCoupe de France double in 1996. The winger scored 30 goals in 175 Ligue 1 matches for Auxerre.[7]
In June 2000, Diomède was signed for £3m by thenLiverpool F.C. managerGérard Houllier.[8] Making his debut againstSunderland, Diomède appeared to have scored with an overhead kick, but the goal was not given even though replays showed that the ball had crossed the line.[9] However, he did not settle in England, and only played five matches for Liverpool. In January 2003, he was loaned out toAC Ajaccio, newly promoted in France'sLigue 1, until the end of his contract.[10] After his spell at Liverpool had come to an end, he joined theLigue 2 teamCréteil, and thenClermont Foot in theChampionnat National (3rd division).[citation needed]
Diomède was capped eight times for theFrance national team, but never scored. He received his first cap in a friendly againstSpain on 28 January 1998. At the1998 World Cup he started in three matches, againstSaudi Arabia andDenmark in the group stage and againstParaguay in the round of 16. He was unable to regain his place in the France national team after the 1998 World Cup.[11]
On 18 January 2008, Diomède announced his retirement from the game after being without a club for 18 months.[12]
He now runs the Bernard Diomede Football Academy at the Saint Nicolas high school inIssy-les-Moulineaux, just south of Paris.[13]
Auxerre
France
Orders
France U19
