Pape Maly Diamanka

Pape Maly Diamanka (born 10 January 1990) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Albacete Balompié on loan from Girona FC as a central midfielder.

Pape Diamanka
Personal information
Full name Pape Maly Diamanka
Date of birth (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Albacete
(on loan from Girona)
Youth career
US Gorée
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 US Gorée
2010–2013 Rayo B 44 (1)
2011–2013 Rayo Vallecano 7 (0)
2012–2013 → Vålerenga (loan) 9 (0)
2013–2014 Sestao 33 (3)
2014–2015 Leganés 28 (1)
2015–2016 Zaragoza 25 (3)
2016–2017 Almería 17 (0)
2017–2019 Numancia 66 (11)
2019– Girona 23 (0)
2020– → Albacete (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2011 Senegal U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020

Club career

Born in Dakar, Diamanka began his career with local US Gorée. In February 2010 he joined Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División and being a regular in his first full season, starting in 23 games and completing 20 as the Madrid outskirts team retained their Segunda División B status.

On 13 June 2011, Diamanka renewed his contract with Rayo with a €6 million buyout clause, also being promoted to the main squad for the 2011–12 campaign.[1] He spent several months on the sidelines, because of bureaucratic problems.[2]

Diamanka made his official debut on 8 January 2012, playing 32 minutes as a substitute in the 2–1 La Liga home win against Sevilla FC.[3] On 23 August, he moved on a season-long loan to Norway's Vålerenga Fotball with the option for a permanent deal.[4]

After being released by Rayo, Diamanka moved to Salamanca AC but, after the club failed to play in any division, he joined Sestao River Club on 26 August 2013.[5] On 18 July of the following year he signed for CD Leganés, newly promoted to Segunda División.[6]

Diamanka scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2014, netting his team's first in a 2–2 home draw against Racing de Santander.[7] On 29 June 2015 he terminated his link, and signed a three-year deal with Real Zaragoza also in the second level.[8]

On 22 July 2016, after 15 starts and 1,334 minutes of action, Diamanka terminated his contract[9] and agreed to a two-year deal with UD Almería of the same tier just hours later.[10] On 10 August of the following year, after again being sparingly used, he moved to CD Numancia still in division two, as a free agent.[11]

On 5 July 2019, Diamanka agreed to a three-year contract at Girona FC, freshly relegated to the second division.[12] On 29 September of the following year, he was loaned to fellow league team Albacete Balompié, for one year.[13]

International career

Diamanka represented Senegal at various youth levels. In August 2011 he was called up by the senior team for a friendly with Morocco in Dakar,[14] but eventually did not make his debut.

Career statistics
As of 15 June 2019[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Vallecano B 2010–11 Segunda División B 2600000260
2011–12 Segunda División B 00000000
2012–13 Segunda División B 50000050
Total 3100000310
Rayo Vallecano 2011–12 La Liga 70000070
2012–13 La Liga 00000000
Total 70000070
Vålerenga (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 90000090
Sestao River Club 2013–14 Segunda División B 3330000330
Leganés 2014–15 Segunda División 2811000291
Real Zaragoza 2015–16 Segunda División 2530000253
Almería 2016–17 Segunda División 1700000170
Numancia 2017–18 Segunda División 2921041343
2018–19 3790000379
Total 661110417112
Career totals 21618204122219

    References
    1. Diamanka renueva su contrato con el Rayo Vallecano (Diamanka renews contract with Rayo Vallecano); Rayo Herald, 13 June 2011 (in Spanish)
    2. Diamanka ya puede jugar con el Rayo Vallecano (Diamanka cleared to play with Rayo Vallecano); Mundo Deportivo, 5 January 2012 (in Spanish)
    3. Reyes fails to shine; ESPN Soccernet, 8 January 2012
    4. "Her signerer Diamanka" [Signing of Diamanka] (in Norwegian). VIF Fotball. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
    5. "El Sestao ficha al senegalés Diamanka, que jugó siete partidos con el Rayo" [Sestao sign Senegalese Diamanka, who played seven matches with Rayo] (in Spanish). El Correo. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
    6. "Diamanka, potencia y llegada para el centro del campo" [Diamanka, power and presence for the midfield] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
    7. "El Leganés evita el primer triunfo de los cántabros justo al final" [Leganés deny the Cantabrians' first triumph right in the end] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
    8. "Pape Maly Diamanka, segunda incorporación del Real Zaragoza 2015/2016" [Pape Maly Diamanka, second addition of Real Zaragoza 2015/2016] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
    9. "Acuerdo con Pape Diamanka para la rescisión de su contrato con el Real Zaragoza" [Agreement with Pape Diamanka for the termination of his contract with Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
    10. "El Almería ficha al centrocampista Diamanka y al central Alex Quintanilla" [Almería sign midfielder Diamanka and stopper Alex Quintanilla] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
    11. "El centrocampista senegalés Diamanka ficha por el Numancia" [Senegalese midfielder Diamanka signs for Numancia] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
    12. "Pape Diamanka, nuevo jugador del Girona FC" [Pape Diamanka, new player of Girona FC] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
    13. "Diamanka, cedit a l'Albacete" [Diamanka, loaned to Albacete] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
    14. Senegal call up Mbaye Niang for friendly Archived 11 July 2012 at Archive.today; African Soccer Weebly, 3 August 2011
    15. Pape Maly Diamanka at Soccerway
    16. "Pape Diamanka". Worldfootball. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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