Diadie Samassékou

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.

Diadie Samassékou
Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 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
0000–2015 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Liefering 26 (0)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (1)
2019– TSG Hoffenheim 79 (2)
2022–2023 → Olympiacos (loan) 20 (2)
International career‡
2015 Mali U20 9 (2)
2015–2016 Mali U23 4 (0)
2016– Mali 34 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2015 New ZealandU-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:42, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

In 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

On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]

International career

Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[6] 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.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 September 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2015–16 Erste Liga 250––250
2016–17 10––10
Total 260––260
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 2704070380
2017–18 29030180500
2018–19 26150141452
2019–20 10000010
Total 8311203911342
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 21000–210
2020–21 3100060370
2021–22 24210–252
2022–23 2010–30
Total 7822060862
Career total 18731404512464

International
As of match played 13 November 2020.[9]
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201410
201620
201720
201840
201981
202010
202150
202270
Total301

International goals
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt Tunisia1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References
  1. "Diadie Samassékou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. "D. Samassekou". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  10. "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  11. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  12. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  13. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
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