Amadou Diawara

Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club A.S. Roma and the Guinea national team.

Amadou Diawara
Personal information
Full name Amadou Diawara
Date of birth (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 42
Youth career
2010–2012 Syli Authentic
2012–2014 FC Séquence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 San Marino 15 (0)
2015–2016 Bologna 34 (0)
2016–2019 Napoli 49 (1)
2019– Roma 24 (1)
National team‡
2018– Guinea 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:08, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:02, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry in Guinea.[2] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.

Bologna

While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.[3] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.[4]

Napoli

On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .[5] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.[6] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.

Roma

On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal With Roma until 2024.[7]

International career

Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.[8] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.[9] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national football team in March 2018,[10] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[11] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda national football team on 12 October 2018.[12]

Personal life

On 12 October 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 September 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Marino 2014–15 Lega Pro 15000––150
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A 34010––350
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 1804060–280
2017–18 1811081–272
2018–19 1302040–190
Total 49170181–742
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 2212060–301
2020–21 200000–20
Total 2412060–321
Career total 1252100241001563
  1. Includes Supercoppa Italiana matches.

International
As of match played 10 October 2020[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 201830
201970
202010
Total110

References
  1. S.r.l., Agorà Telematica | Agorà Med. "Prima Squadra - SSC Napoli". www.sscnapoli.it. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. "21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista". Bologna. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. Newman, Blair. "Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. "Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough". GazettaWorld. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Diawara" [Napoli official acquisition of Diawara] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. Burt, Jason; Bull, J. J. (17 October 2017). "Man City 2 Napoli 1: Sensational City survive late pressure to pass first real test of the season". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. "UFFICIALE: Roma, ecco Diawara dal Napoli. Contratto fino al 2024". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (9 October 2018). "Napoli's Amadou Diawara: It was always Guinea never Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. "Diawara could play for Italy | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  10. Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 March 2018). "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  11. Marteh, Danesius (4 October 2018). "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. "Elim. CAN 2019 : la Guinée punit le Rwanda et se rapproche du Cameroun - Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée". Foot224.co. 12 October 2018.
  13. "Ti aspettiamo, Amadou". Twitter (in Italian). 12 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  14. "A. Diawara". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  15. "Diawara, Amadou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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