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Kaba Diawara (born December 16, 1975 in Toulon) is a French-born Guinean footballer, who played for AC Arles-Avignon.

[edit] Career

His club career has been quite unstable, having played briefly for three English clubs (Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United) as well as in Spain^[1] and Qatar. Diawara only scored once in English football, despite having three spells there. His sole goal coming for Blackburn in a 6-1 League Cup win over Rochdale.^[2] In France, he has played for teams like Bordeaux and Paris St Germain with some success. In the 2006-2007 season, he transferred to Gaziantepspor but after played none in 2007-08 season, he signed a contract until end of season for Ankaragücü. Despite being a striker, he never scored a league goal for any of his English clubs. On August 2008, he moved to Alki Larnaca in Cyprus. The Guinean forward was signed from AC Arles-Avignon on a free transfer, he was released by Cypriot club Alki Larnaca in December 2008.

[edit] International career

The striker played for the French national U-21 team^[3], but chose to represent Guinea at senior level. He scored two goals in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

[edit] Honours

• Champion de France : 1998-99 (Bordeaux).
• Coupe de la Ligue finalist : 1997 (Bordeaux) and 2000 (Paris SG).

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Profile at TFF.org
• Profile at sporting-heroes.net
• Statistics at soccerbase.com
• Kaba Diawara French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• national-football-teams.com
• Kaba Diawara FIFA competition record

v • d • e Guinea squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Diarso • 2 Feindouno • 3 I. Camara • 4 Kaba • 5 Baldé • 6 Thiam • 7 Mansaré • 8 K. Sylla • 9 S. Bangoura • 10 Ismaël Bangoura • 11 Ibrahima Bangoura • 12 Cissé • 13 O. Bangoura • 14 Souare • 15 Kalabane • 16 A. Bangoura • 17 Diallo • 18 M. Sylla • 19 Diawara • 20 Yattara • 21 Jabi • 22 K. Camara • 23 S. Camara • Coach: Neveu