Lamine Diarra

Early career

Born in Bignona, Diarra began his senior career with Dakar UC, becoming the Senegal Premier League top scorer with nine goals in the 2002–03 season. He subsequently moved to Jeanne d'Arc, partnering Dame N'Doye on the team that reached the CAF Champions League semi-finals during the 2004 campaign. Diarra was the team's highest scorer with six goals in the process. In the second half of 2005, Diarra was acquired by Bosnia and Herzegovina club Zrinjski Mostar. He was initially unable to play competitive football due to paperwork issues, which lasted for several months. However, after obtaining the certificate, Diarra was cleared to debut for the club, making 13 league appearances and netting four goals in the second half of the 2005–06 season. He improved his numbers in the fall of 2006, scoring nine goals in 17 games across all competitions. In early 2007, Diarra was loaned to Portuguese club Beira-Mar until the end of the season.

Partizan

On 4 July 2007, Diarra signed a three-year contract with Partizan and was given the number 26 shirt. He made his competitive debut for the side in a UEFA Cup qualifier against his former club Zrinjski Mostar on 19 July, scoring a hat-trick in a 6–1 away victory. On 16 April 2008, Diarra netted a brace in the Serbian Cup semi-final in what would be an eventual 3–2 away success over Red Star Belgrade. He later scored all three goals in the competition's final, a 3–0 win over Zemun. Throughout the league…

Diarra represented Senegal with the national under-23 team at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He scored one goal for the side in a 2–1 loss to Zambia, as they exited the tournament in the group stage. Two months later in December, Diarra netted the second goal of a 2–0 home win over Egypt in the Olympic qualifiers. However, Senegal failed to qualify for the final tournament. On 14 October 2009, Diarra made his full international debut for Senegal after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Demba Ba in a 2–0 friendly loss to South Korea.

Club

International

Partizan

Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 Serbian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09 Individual

Serbian SuperLiga top scorer: 2008–09 Serbian Cup top scorer: 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2008–09