Diadie Samassékou

Diadie Samassékou
Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2015 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Liefering 26 (0)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (1)
2019– TSG Hoffenheim 79 (2)
2022–2023 → Olympiacos (loan) 20 (2)
International career‡
2015 Mali U20 9 (2)
2015–2016 Mali U23 4 (0)
2016– Mali 35 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[2] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[3] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[4]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]

International career

Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[6] and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 September 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering 2015–16 Erste Liga 25 0 – – 25 0
2016–17 1 0 – – 1 0
Total 26 0 – – 26 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 27 0 4 0 7 0 38 0
2017–18 29 0 3 0 18 0 50 0
2018–19 26 1 5 0 14 1 45 2
2019–20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 83 1 12 0 39 1 134 2
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 21 0 0 0 – 21 0
2020–21 31 0 0 0 6 0 37 0
2021–22 24 2 1 0 – 25 2
2022–23 2 0 1 0 – 3 0
2023–24 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 79 2 2 0 6 0 87 2
Olympiacos (loan) 2022–23 Super League Greece 20 2 5 0 – 25 2
Career total 208 5 19 0 45 1 272 6

International

As of match played 17 October 2023.[9]
Mali
Year Apps Goals
2014 1 0
2016 2 0
2017 2 0
2018 4 0
2019 8 1
2020 1 0
2021 5 0
2022 7 0
2023 5 0
Total 30 1

International goals

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 June 2019 Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt  Tunisia 1–0 1–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Diadie Samassékou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. ^ "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ^ "D. Samassekou". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  12. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  13. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.

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