Lamine Diatta

Lamine Diatta

Personal information
Full name	Lamine Diatta
Date of birth	2 July 1975
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–1999	Toulouse FC	25	(0)
1999	Olympique Marseille	0	(0)
1999–2004	Stade Rennais	129	(11)
2004–2006	Olympique Lyonnais	30	(0)
2006–2007	St. Étienne	25	(1)
2007–2008	Beşiktaş J.K.	6	(0)
2008	Newcastle United	2	(0)
2009	Hamilton Academical	0	(0)
2009–2010	Al-Ahli (Doha)	0	(0)
2011	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	12	(0)
2011–2012	Doncaster Rovers	0	(0)
National team^‡
2000–2008	Senegal	71	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:16, 1 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Lamine Diatta (born 2 July 1975) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender.

Career

Born in Dakar, Senegal, Diatta moved to France when he was only one year old. He was the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence, and is also tough in the air, which provides a threat in attacking set-pieces.

Before moving to Olympique Lyon in 2004, Diatta played 142 games for Stade Rennais, scoring 9 goals in that time. Before his time at Rennes, he was at Marseille, but never actually played a game for them. Diatta's first club was Toulouse FC. He spent one season there and played 25 games without scoring. In his first year (2004/2005) with Lyon he played 19 games. During his second year (2005/2006) at Lyon, he was troubled with injury and only makes 13 appearances also without goals. On August 2006, he left Lyon on free transfer in search for regular team football, settling at St. Étienne.

On 7 March 2008, after a week's trial at Newcastle United, Diatta agreed a short term deal until the end of the season after buying out his contract at Beşiktaş J.K..^[1] The deal was finally confirmed by the club on 14 March after a week of confusion.^[2] He made his first team debut for Newcastle as a substitute in a Premier League match against Reading on 5 April but was released on 15 May.

Diatta joined Stoke City on trial in January 2009.^[3] On 20 March, however, he signed for Hamilton Academical on a short term deal until the end of the season.^{[4] [5]}

After just one month, on 25 April, the 33-year-old Senegalese defender left Hamilton to join Al-Ahli Sports Club in Qatar.^[6]

Without a club since his release from Al-Ahli Sports Club he participated in trials in Singapore without being snapped up by a club.^[7]

He then joined Étoile Sportive du Sahel of the CLP-1 in Tunisia.

In December 2011 he signed a short term deal with Championship team Doncaster Rovers, where fellow countrymen El Hadji Diouf and Habib Beye also play for the club.^[8]

International

Diatta was also Senegal's captain. He played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Diatta has also played 71 games for his national side, scoring four goals.^[9]

Honours

• Winner of French Ligue 1 championship in 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.

References

1. "Magpies seal Diatta deal". Sky Sports. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
2. "Diatta Determined To Help Toon Fight". Newcastle United. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
3. "Defender Diatta on trial at Stoke". BBC News. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
4. "Diatta makes Accies move". Sky Sports. 20 March 2009.
5. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/2009/03/19/exclusive-hamilton-set-to-sign-senegal-world-cup-skipper-86908-21209512/
6. "Diatta joins Qatar side Al Ahli". BBC Sport. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
7. "Missed Opportunity AGAIN....". bolasepako.com.
8. "Diatta deal completed". Doncaster Rovers. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
9. Robert Mamrud (22 January 2015). "Lamine Diatta - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links

• Lamine Diatta career statistics at Soccerbase