Serge Dié

Serge Dié
Personal information
Full name	Mhinseia Serge Aristide Dié
Date of birth	4 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1996–1997	Africa Sports
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2001	Reggina
2001	Avellino
2002	Benevento
2002–2005	OGC Nice
2003	→ Avellino (loan)
2004	→ FC Metz (loan)
2005–2007	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2007–2008	AC Ajaccio
2008–2010	Iraklis
2010–2011	Kavala
2011–2012	Veria
2012–2013	Kavala
2013–2014	Skoda Xanthi
Total
International career‡
1997	Ivory Coast U20
1995–2004	Ivory Coast
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2019

Serge Dié (born 4 October 1977 in Abidjan) is a retired Ivorian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

He begin his playing career with Africa Sport of Abidjan, where he made his way, from the minor teams, through to the first team of the club.

Personal

Dié was raised in a family of 9 children and he faced tragedy at a young age with the death of his father, André Dié.

Dié became a devout Christian in 2000, when he was a free agent for a year. He considered that his football career might be over, however during this period he agreed to offer his life to God. "I was lost and The Lord brought me back", he stated.

He married Lydia Domoraud on 22 June 2002. They have a child together, Manassé Chris-Samuel Dié, born on 17 January 2006.

Dié travelled to Ivory Coast in June 2005, in order to donate clothes and food to the war victims of the city Guitrozon, a suburb of Duékoué, a city situated on the West part of Ivory Coast.

In December 2006, Dié participated in an action of support for the inhabitants of Toulépleu, a city located centrally, organized by the First Lady of Ivory Coast, where he donated food to the people.

In December 2007, he was named "World Ambassador of Peace" by the president of the OMPP, a World Organization for Peace, for the donations quoted previously and for those that he made during his visit to the prisoners of the MACA Detention center and those of Abidjan.

In June 2008, he revisited Ivory Coast again, this time the city of Duékoué, to observe the damages caused by the crisis personally.

He created the Manassé Foundation in 2008, in order to help widows and orphans affected by the war through diverse support programs and various projects.