Bafodé Diakité

Bafodé Diakité
Diakité with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001
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 12 (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, 9 December 2025 (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

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

Club career

Toulouse

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

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

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

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

As of match played 6 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toulouse II 2018–19[13] CFA 3 9 3 — — — — 9 3
2021–22[13] CFA 3 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 10 3 — — — — 10 3
Toulouse 2018–19[14] Ligue 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 — — 10 1
2019–20[15] Ligue 1 16 2 1 0 0 0 — — 17 2
2020–21[13] Ligue 2 23 2 3 0 — — 2[c] 0 28 2
2021–22[13] Ligue 2 24 2 3 0 — — — 27 2
Total 72 7 8 0 0 0 — 2 0 82 7
Lille 2022–23[16] Ligue 1 33 3 3 0 — — — 36 3
2023–24[17] Ligue 1 20 5 0 0 — 7[d] 1 — 27 6
2024–25[18] Ligue 1 32 4 2 0 — 13[e] 0 — 47 4
Total 85 12 5 0 — 20 1 — 110 13
AFC Bournemouth 2025–26[19] Premier League 12 0 0 0 1 0 — — 13 0
Career total 181 22 11 0 1 0 20 1 2 0 215 23
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Toulouse

References

  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). 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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "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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