Cheick Diabaté

Bordeaux

Diabaté was promoted to the senior squad of Girondins de Bordeaux for the 2008–09 season following a successful season in the CFA, where he made 35 appearances and scored 18 goals. As Bordeaux preferred to field more experienced strikers, manager Laurent Blanc loaned Diabaté out to the Corsica-based and Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio to enable him to get more playing time.

Ajaccio (loan)

Diabaté made his debut for AC Ajaccio in their opening match of the 2008–09 Ligue 2 season, in a loss to Châteauroux, playing the full 90 minutes. In the second match, he scored a brace in their 3–1 away win over Stade de Reims. Three weeks later, he scored another brace, this time in a 4–0 home thrashing of Vannes. He scored one goal in each of the following three Ligue 2 matches with Ajaccio earning wins over Brest and Clermont and drawing with Nîmes. Diabaté's positive play continued throughout the season scoring important match-winning goals in Ligue 2 matches against Guingamp, Lens, Angers, and Boulogne. He also scored a goal in the Derby Corse against SC Bastia, in a 1–1 home Ligue 2 draw. Diabaté finished the season with 14 Ligue 2 goals, which made him the club's top scorer and placed him 4th among the top Ligue 2 scorers of the season; Ajaccio managed to stave off relegation only on the final day of the season. While on loan to AC Ajaccio, Diabaté had his contract with Bordeaux extended until June 2013.

Nancy (loan)

Diabaté returned to Bordeaux on 1…

Diabaté started out with Mali's national under-17 team where they participated in the 2005 African U-17 Championship. He scored a goal in each of their group stage matches but Mali failed to advance to the knock-out stage. Less than a month after that tournament, he made his senior debut against Liberia in a 2006 World Cup qualifier 5 June 2005, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Dramane Coulibaly; Mali won the match 4–1. Diabaté was a member of the Mali side that earned third place at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He finished the tournament as one of the top scorers, having netted three goals in total, including two in the third place play-off against Ghana on 11 February 2012, which Mali won 2–0.

Club

As of 31 March 2023

International

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diabaté goal.

Bordeaux

Coupe de France: 2012–13 Esteghlal

Hazfi Cup runner-up: 2019–20, 2020–21 Persepolis

Persian Gulf Pro League: 2022–23 Hazfi Cup: 2022–23 Iranian Super Cup: 2023 Mali

Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2012, 2013 Individual

Africa Cup of Nations top scorer: 2012 (three goals) Coupe de France top scorer: 2012–13 (six goals) Persian Gulf Pro League top scorer: 2019–20 (15 goals)