Amadou Diawara Explained

Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Guinea national team. He competed for Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Club career

Early career

Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea.^[3] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.

Bologna

While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015.^[4] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig.^[5]

Napoli

On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli .^[6] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League.^[7] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.

Roma

On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024.^{[8] [9]}

Anderlecht

On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract.^[10] On 4 February 2025, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.^[11]

Eldense

On 11 March 2025, Diawara signed for Spanish Segunda División club CD Eldense on a contract until 30 June 2025.^[12] He immediately became a starter, but was unable to avoid relegation.

Leganés

On 31 July 2025, Diawara agreed to a two-year deal with CD Leganés also in the Spanish second division.^[13]

International career

Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship.^[14] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018.^[15] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018,^[16] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.^[17] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

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Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Marino	2014–15	Lega Pro	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
Bologna	2015–16	Serie A	34	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
Napoli	2016–17	Serie A	18	0	4	0	6	0	—		28	0
	2017–18	Serie A	18	1	1	0	8	1	—		27	2
	2018–19	Serie A	13	0	2	0	4	0	—		19	0
	Total		49	1	7	0	18	1	—		74	2
Roma	2019–20	Serie A	22	1	2	0	6	0	—		30	1
	2020–21	Serie A	18	1	0	0	10	0	—		28	1
	2021–22	Serie A	4	0	0	0	4	0	—		8	0
	Total		44	2	2	0	20	0	—		66	2
Anderlecht	2022–23	Belgian Pro League	22	1	2	0	11	0	—		35	1
	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		33	1	3	0	11	0	—		47	1
Career total			175	4	13	0	49	1	0	0	237	5

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

Guinea	2018	3	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	10	0
	2023	9	0
	2024	6	0
Total		43	0

Honours

Roma

• UEFA Europa Conference League: 2021–22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list . 5 . . 24 July 2024 . 24 July 2024.
2. Web site: DIAWARA Amadou . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240812193559/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/amadou-diawara_1975465 . 12 August 2024.
3. Web site: 21 Amadou DIAWARA - Centrocampista . Bologna . 22 August 2015 . https://archive.today/20150823124755/http://www.bolognafc.it/calciatore-dett.asp?id=132&idstagione=6 . 23 August 2015 . dead.
4. Web site: Newman . Blair . Amadou Diawara: Bologna's fresh-faced enforcer wanted by Chelsea . FourFourTwo . 25 November 2015 . 16 May 2016.
5. Web site: Bologna player ratings: Mancosu not man enough . GazettaWorld . 22 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009154247/http://gazzettaworld.gazzetta.it/news/serie-a/bologna/mancosu-lazio-player-ratings/ . 9 October 2015 . dead.
6. Web site: Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Diawara . Napoli official acquisition of Diawara . it . S.S.C. Napoli . 26 August 2016 . 27 August 2016.
7. News: Man City 2 Napoli 1: Sensational City survive late pressure to pass first real test of the season . Burt . Jason . 17 October 2017 . The Telegraph . 20 April 2018 . Bull . J. J. . en-GB . 0307-1235.
8. Web site: UFFICIALE: Roma, ecco Diawara dal Napoli. Contratto fino al 2024. 1 July 2019 .
9. Web site: 2022-01-31 . Valencia end pursuit of Roma's Amadou Diawara . 2022-01-31 . RomaPress.net . en-us.
10. Web site: Anderlecht . AMADOU DIAWARA (25), A REINFORCEMENT IN MIDFIELD . 31 August 2022 . 31 August 2022.
11. Web site: Anderlecht . Amadou Diawara's contract terminated by mutual agreement . 4 February 2025 . 6 February 2025.
12. Web site: Amadou Diawara, nuevo jugador del CD Eldense . Amadou Diawara, new CD Eldense player . CD Eldense . es . 11 March 2025.
13. Web site: C.D. Leganés strengthens its midfield with the signing of Amadou Diawara . CD Leganés . 31 July 2025 . 31 July 2025.
14. Web site: Napoli's Amadou Diawara: It was always Guinea never Italy . 9 October 2018 . BBC Sport . 27 August 2019 . Mohamed Fajah . Barrie.
15. Web site: Diawara could play for Italy Football Italia. www.football-italia.net. 20 April 2018.
16. Web site: Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea . 29 March 2018 . BBC Sport . 27 August 2019 . Oluwashina . Okeleji.
17. Web site: Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara . 4 October 2018 . BBC Sport . 27 August 2019 . Danesius . Marteh.
18. Web site: Elim. CAN 2019 : la Guinée punit le Rwanda et se rapproche du Cameroun - Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée . 12 October 2018 . Foot224.co.