Lamine Diatta
Personal information
Full name	Lamine Diatta
Date of birth	July 2, 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 34)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Al-Ahli Sports Club
Number	24
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–1999 1999 1999–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008 2009 2009–	Toulouse FC Olympique Marseille Stade Rennais Olympique Lyonnais St. Étienne Beşiktaş J.K. Newcastle United Hamilton Academical Al-Ahli (Doha)	025 0(0) 000 0(0) 129 (11) 030 0(0) 025 0(1) 006 0(0) 002 0(0) 000 0(0) 000 0(0)
National team2
2000–2008	Senegal	040 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:16, 22 March 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 00:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lamine Diatta (born 2 July 1975 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays as a defender for Al-Ahli Sports Club.

[edit] Early Life

Diatta moved to France when he was only one year old. He was the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence, and is also tough in the air, which provides a threat in attacking set-pieces.

Before moving to Olympique Lyon in 2004, Diatta played 142 games for Stade Rennais, scoring 9 goals in that time. Before his time at Rennes, he was at Marseille, but never actually played a game for them. Diatta's first club was Toulouse FC. He spent one season there and played 25 games without scoring. In his first year (2004/2005) with Lyon he played 19 games. During his second year (2005/2006) at Lyon, he was troubled with injury and only makes 13 appearances also without goals. On August 2006, he left Lyon on free transfer in search for regular team football, settling at St. Étienne.

On 7 March 2008, after a week's trial at Newcastle United, Diatta agreed a short term deal until the end of the season after buying out his contract at Beşiktaş J.K..^[1] The deal was finally confirmed by the club on March 14 after a week of confusion.^[2] He made his first team début for Newcastle as a substitute in a Premier League match against Reading on 5 April but was released on 15 May.

Diatta joined Stoke City on trial in January 2009.^[3] On 20 March, however, he signed for Hamilton Academical on a short term deal until the end of the season.^{[4] [5]}

After just one month, on 25 April, the 33 year old Senegalese defender left Hamilton to join Al-Ahli Sports Club in Qatar.^[6].

[edit] International

Diatta was also Senegal's captain. He played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Diatta has also played 40 games for his national side, scoring three goals.

[edit] Honours

• Winner of French Ligue 1 championship in 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Lamine Diatta career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 Sarr • 4 Malick Diop • 5 N'Dour • 6 Cissé • 7 H. Camara • 8 Traoré • 9 S. Camara • 10 Fadiga • 11 Diouf • 12 Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Moussa N'Diaye • 15 Diao • 16 Diallo • 17 Coly • 18 Thiaw • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 S. N'Diaye • 21 Beye • 22 Cissokho • 23 Makhtar N'Diaye • Coach: Metsu

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2004 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 Faye • 4 Malick Diop • 5 Diawara • 6 Cissé • 7 Camara • 8 N'Diaye • 9 Kamara • 10 Sakho • 11 Diouf • 12 Mendy • 13 Diatta • 14 N'Doye • 15 Diao • 16 Diallo • 17 Coly • 18 Niang • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Diagne-Faye • 21 Beye • 22 Cissokho • Coach: Stéphan

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 N'Daw • 4 Diakhaté • 5 Diawara • 6 Barry • 7 H. Camara • 8 Niang • 9 S. Camara • 10 Ba • 11 E. Diouf • 12 A. Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Mendy • 15 Kamara • 16 M. Diouf • 17 Coly • 18 Dramé • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Diagne-Faye • 21 Beye • 22 N'Diaye • 23 Djiba • Coach: Sarr

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Sonko • 3 N'Daw • 4 Sarr • 5 Diawara • 6 Faye • 7 Camara • 8 Niang • 9 Gueye • 10 N'Doye • 11 Diouf • 12 Bayal Sall • 13 Diatta • 14 Papa Waigo • 15 Kamara • 16 C. N'Diaye • 17 Sougou • 18 Mendy • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Faye • 21 Beye • 22 Ba • 23 Coundoul • Coach: L. N'Diaye

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