Bafodé Diakité

Bafodé Diakité
	Diakité with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	6 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Lille
Number	18
Youth career
2008–2013	Toulouse ACF
2013–2018	Toulouse
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2021	Toulouse B
2018–2022	Toulouse
2022–	Lille
International career‡
2016–2017	France U16
2018–2019	France U18
2019	France U19
2022–2023	France U21
2024	France Olympic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:08, 25 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lille.

Early life

Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.^[1]

Club career

Toulouse

Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.^[2]

Lille

On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.^[3]

International career

Diakité is a youth international for France.^[4] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.^[5] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Toulouse II	2018–19	CFA 3	9	3	—		—		—		—		9	3
	2021–22	CFA 3	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		10	3	—		—		—		—		10	3
Toulouse	2018–19	Ligue 1	9	1	1	0	0	0	—		—		10	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	16	2	1	0	—		—		—		17	2
	2020–21	Ligue 2	23	2	3	0	—		—		2	0	28	2
	2021–22	Ligue 2	24	2	3	0	—		—		—		27	2
	Total		72	7	8	0	0	0	—		2	0	82	7
Lille	2022–23	Ligue 1	33	3	3	0	—		—		—		36	3
	2023–24	Ligue 1	20	5	0	0	—		7^[a]	1	—		27	6
	2024–25	Ligue 1	19	1	1	0	—		11^[b]	0	—		31	1
	Total		72	9	4	0	—		18	1	—		94	10
Career total			154	19	12	0	0	0	18	1	2	0	186	20

^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Toulouse

Ligue 2: 2021–22^[7]

References

^ "Bafodé DIAKITE". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 16 - Stade de Reims / Toulouse FC". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ "Transfert : l'enfant du TFC Bafodé Diakité officiellement à Lille". La Dépêche (in French). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ Rodolph, Tomegah (27 October 2018). "Bafode Diakité: Le jeune franco-guinéen signe pro avec Toulouse".
^ Mayen, Philippe (3 June 2024). "La pré-liste pour les JO". FFF (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
^ Lemaître, Clément (29 May 2024). "Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
^ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

External links

Bafodé Diakité – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
Bafodé Diakité at Soccerway
TFC Profile
Bafodé Diakité at the French Football Federation (in French)
Bafodé Diakité at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)

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[UECL-7] Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

[UCL-8] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[1] "Bafodé DIAKITE". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[ligue1-2] "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 16 - Stade de Reims / Toulouse FC". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[3] "Transfert : l'enfant du TFC Bafodé Diakité officiellement à Lille". La Dépêche (in French). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[4] Rodolph, Tomegah (27 October 2018). "Bafode Diakité: Le jeune franco-guinéen signe pro avec Toulouse".

[5] Mayen, Philippe (3 June 2024). "La pré-liste pour les JO". FFF (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[6] Lemaître, Clément (29 May 2024). "Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[:0-9] "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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