Alou Diarra
Personal information
Date of birth	July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 28)
Place of birth	Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	4
Youth career
1997–1999	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2002 2001–2002 2002–2005 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Bayern Munich → SC Freiburg (loan) Liverpool → Le Havre (loan) → SC Bastia (loan) RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais Bordeaux	3 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 25 (0) 35 (4) 66 (4) 15 (1) 71 (6)
National team2
2004–	France	21 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 30, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:25, 9 September 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Alou Diarra (born July 15, 1981 in Villepinte) is a French footballer of Malian descent. He currently plays for Bordeaux as a defensive midfielder or centre back.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Early years

Diarra started out at CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, before moving to Bayern Munich in 2000. He did not play any matches for Bayern's first team, and spent a period on loan to SC Freiburg. In 2002 he was signed by Liverpool, but never played a competitive match for them, instead, he had loan spells at Le Havre AC and SC Bastia.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] RC Lens

He spent the whole of the 2004-05 season on loan at RC Lens, before making the move permanent in the close season. At Lens, he became a first-team regular, and made his début for France; as of October 18, 2009, he has 21 caps for his country. This included coming on as a second half substitute for Patrick Vieira in the 2006 World Cup Final against Italy, which France went on to lose on penalties 5-3. Following the World Cup, he was involved in rumours of a transfer to Italian side, A.S. Roma during the 2006 Summer Transfer window. However he finally went to Lyon to replace the departed Mahamadou Diarra who was sold to Real Madrid for £17,700,000.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Bordeaux

Following a disappointing season at Lyon, Diarra was linked with a move to English sides Manchester City, Portsmouth, Newcastle United and German outfit Werder Bremen. On July 19, 2007, Olympique Lyonnais agreed to transfer Diarra to Bordeaux at a fee of €7.75m. Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said: "We have come to an agreement with Bordeaux and he will join them." Diarra replaced the departed Rio Antonio Mavuba.

Diarra made his debut for Bordeaux in their first Ligue 1 match of the season against his former club Lens. He played the full 90 minutes in the victory picking up a yellow card in the process. Diarra scored his first goal for Bordeaux on August 29, 2007 against FC Metz. It was the only goal of the match.^[1]

HONOURS

• Lyon
  • Ligue 1 2006-07
• Bordeux
  • Ligue 1 2008-09
  • Coupe de la ligue 2008-09
  • Trophée des champions: 2008, 2009
• France National Team
  • World Cup Runner Up 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FR Profile and pictures on sitercl.com

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