Zié Diabaté

Diabaté was born on 2 March 1989 in M'Pody, Ivory Coast and began playing junior-level football in 2004 at IFER. In 2007 he moved to Kabby Sport Bongouanou. While playing for his youth national team in the 2007 Toulon Tournament, he was noticed by Dinamo București's coach Mircea Rednic who decided to bring him to the club in August 2007. At Dinamo he first played for the satellite team in Liga II. His Liga I debut for the senior squad occurred on 23 April 2008 when coach Cornel Țălnar sent him at halftime to replace Nino Pekarić in a 4–4 draw against Universitatea Craiova. He helped the club achieve what was dubbed "The wonder from Liberec" by winning the away game 3–0 against Slovan Liberec to force a penalty shoot-out after losing the first leg by the same score, ultimately qualifying for the 2009–10 Europa League group stage. During his five-season spell with The Red Dogs, Diabaté faced competition from Romanian international Cristian Pulhac for a place in the starting XI. Eventually, after playing well under coach Liviu Ciobotariu in the first half of the 2011–12 season, the club sold him for €500,000 to Ligue 1 side Dijon where coach Patrice Carteron wanted him. Despite Diabaté's departure, Dinamo went on to win the 2011–12 Cupa României without him. Diabaté made his debut for Dijon on 21 January 2012 in a 2–1 victory against Istres in the Coupe de France. One week later he debuted in Ligue 1 in a 3–1 loss to Lyon. He made 14 league appearances until the end of the…

Diabaté was called to the Ivory Coast U-17 team and played in a 1–1 draw against United States U-17 during the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Diabaté played one game for Ivory Coast under coach Hervé Renard on 30 November 2014 in a 2–0 loss to South Africa in the friendly tournament called Nelson Mandela Challenge which took place outside FIFA's International Match Calendar. During the game, he had his side's biggest opportunity to score by executing a free kick over the crossbar.

Dinamo București

Cupa României: 2011–12