Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.
 Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2015 | Real Bamako | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Liefering | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | 83 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | TSG Hoffenheim | 81 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | → Cádiz (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Mali U20 | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Mali U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016– | Mali | 39 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editRed Bull Salzburg
editIn August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[2] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[3] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[4]
TSG Hoffenheim
editOn 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]
On 1 February 2024, Samassékou joined Cádiz in Spain on loan.[6]
International career
editSamassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[7] and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.[8]
He competes for his first international competition in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
In December 2021, Samassékou was selected by coach Mohamed Magassouba to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
On January 2, 2024, he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 27 October 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering | 2015–16 | Erste Liga | 25 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 83 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 134 | 2 | ||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 2 | ||
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |
| Cádiz (loan) | 2023–24 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 214 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 278 | 6 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 6 June 2024.[11]
| Mali | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 1 |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 June 2019 | Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt |  Tunisia |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours
editClub
editRed Bull Salzburg
Individual
edit- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18,[13] 2018–19[14]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18[15]
References
edit- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Diadié Samassékou llega cedido del Hoffenheim alemán" [Diadié Samassékou arrives on loan from German Hoffenheim] (in Spanish). Cádiz. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Ouest-France (2 January 2024). "CAN 2024. La liste officielle du Mali pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Diadie Samassékou at Soccerway
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
External links
edit
- Diadie Samassékou at Soccerway
- Diadie Samassékou at National-Football-Teams.com
