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Bafodé Diakité

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Bafodé Diakité
Diakité in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bournemouth
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2013 Toulouse ACF
2013–2018 Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Toulouse B 10 (3)
2018–2022 Toulouse 72 (7)
2022–2025 Lille 85 (12)
2025– Bournemouth 16 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 France U16 8 (0)
2018–2019 France U18 6 (0)
2019 France U19 3 (1)
2022–2023 France U21 4 (0)
2024 France Olympic 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:36, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Bafodé Diakité (born 6 January 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Bournemouth.

Early life

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Bafodé Diakité was born on 6 January 2001 in Toulouse, France to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guinean nationalities.[1]

Club career

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Toulouse

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Diakité made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Reims on 5 December 2018, at the age of 17.[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 24 May 2019, in a 2–1 win against Dijon.[3]

Lille

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On 5 August 2022, Lille announced the signing of Diakité on a four-year deal.[4] He made his debut for the club on 7 August 2022, in a 4–1 win against Auxerre.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 February 2023, in a 4–3 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

Bournemouth

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On 13 August 2025, Diakité joined Premier League club Bournemouth.[7][8] He made his debut for the club on 15 August 2025, in a 4–2 defeat to Liverpool.[9]

International career

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Diakité is a youth international for France.[10] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Lucas Chevalier and Leny Yoro.[11] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.[12]

Career statistics

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As of match played 8 September 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toulouse II 2018–19[13] CFA 3 93————93
2021–22[13] CFA 3 10————10
Total 103————103
Toulouse 2018–19[14] Ligue 1 911000——101
2019–20[15] Ligue 1 1621000——172
2020–21[13] Ligue 2 23230——2[c]0282
2021–22[13] Ligue 2 24230———272
Total 7278000—20827
Lille 2022–23[16] Ligue 1 33330———363
2023–24[17] Ligue 1 20500—7[d]1—276
2024–25[18] Ligue 1 32420—13[e]0—474
Total 851250—201—11013
AFC Bournemouth 2025–26[19] Premier League 1601010——180
2026–27[20] Premier League 00001000—10
Total 160102000—190
Career total 18522120202012022123

Honours

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Toulouse

References

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  1. ↑ "Bafodé DIAKITE". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 16 - Stade de Reims / Toulouse FC". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dijon 2–1 Toulouse". ESPN. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Transfert : l'enfant du TFC Bafodé Diakité officiellement à Lille". La Dépêche (in French). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lille 4–1 Auxerre". ESPN. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "PSG 4–3 Lille". ESPN. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Diakité puts pen to paper with the Cherries". www.afcb.co.uk. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bournemouth seal £34m signing of defender Diakite". BBC Sport. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool 4–2 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Rodolph, Tomegah (27 October 2018). "Bafode Diakité: Le jeune franco-guinéen signe pro avec Toulouse".
  11. ↑ Mayen, Philippe (3 June 2024). "La pré-liste pour les JO". FFF (in French). Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Lemaître, Clément (29 May 2024). "Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Profile: Bafode Diakite". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Bafodé Diakité in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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