Souleymane Diaby (footballer, born 1999)

Souleymane Diaby
Personal information
Date of birth	8 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Divo, Ivory Coast
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	FC Winterthur
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Bingerville
2017	Denguélé
2017–2021	Gagnoa
2021–	Winterthur
International career‡
2013	Ivory Coast U17
2017	Ivory Coast U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Souleymane Diaby (born 8 October 1999) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Winterthur.

Club career

Diaby began his senior career in the Ivory Coast with Bingerville, and moved to Denguélé briefly in 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he played with Gagnoa. On 3 July 2021, he moved to the Swiss club Winterthur.^[1] He helped Winterthur win the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League, and earned promotion into the Swiss Super League. He extended his contract with Winterthur on 28 July 2022 for three more years.^[2] He made his professional debut with Winterthur in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to St. Gallen on 23 June 2022.^[3]

International career

Diaby is a youth international for Ivory Coast, having played for the Ivory Coast U17s and U20s.^[4] In March 2021, he received a call-up to the senior Ivory Coast senior national team for the first time.^[5]

Honours

Winterthur

Swiss Challenge League: 2021–22

Individual

Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2017^[6]

References

^ "Mercato : Diaby Souleymane file en D2 suisse – ami-sportif.com".
^ "Winterthur : Souleymane Diaby prolongé". Sport-ivoire.ci. 28 July 2022.
^ "Mercato / Suisse : Souleymane Diaby a été prolongé par FC Winterthur". 27 July 2022.
^ "CHAN 2018 : Les surprises du coach des éléphants". www.fratmat.info.
^ "Souleymane Diaby : " J'avais tout le temps faim sur le terrain "". Sport-ivoire.ci. 3 June 2022.
^ "Hirst named in Team of the Tournament". www.swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

External links

Souleymane Diaby at Soccerway
SFL Profile

[1] "Mercato : Diaby Souleymane file en D2 suisse – ami-sportif.com".

[2] "Winterthur : Souleymane Diaby prolongé". Sport-ivoire.ci. 28 July 2022.

[3] "Mercato / Suisse : Souleymane Diaby a été prolongé par FC Winterthur". 27 July 2022.

[4] "CHAN 2018 : Les surprises du coach des éléphants". www.fratmat.info.

[5] "Souleymane Diaby : " J'avais tout le temps faim sur le terrain "". Sport-ivoire.ci. 3 June 2022.

[6] "Hirst named in Team of the Tournament". www.swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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