Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout. He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad for a few months between 1999 and 2000, without being officially signed. After a friendly against Pisa, he was spotted by Francesco D'Arrigo, the head coach of the nerazzurri, who successfully signed him with his next club, Serie C1's Lucchese. Diamouténé spent two seasons with Lucchese, and in 2003 he was signed by Perugia.
In 2004, Diamouténé joined U.S. Lecce, becoming a mainstay of the salentini under coach Zdenek Zeman. He played two seasons in Serie A (2004–05, 2005–06) and two in Serie B (2006–07, 2007–08). He was confirmed with Lecce for the 2008–09 season, the first one back in the top flight for his club, but in January 2009, he was loaned to Roma with a pre-set price of €3.15M as a replacement for outgoing Christian Panucci.
On 31 August 2009, Diamouténé joined Bari on a loan deal.
On 10 February 2012, it was announced that Diamouténé had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian A PFG club Levski Sofia. He was handed the number 25 shirt. On 23 May 2012, Diamouténé scored his first goal for Levski in a 7–0 win over PFC Svetkavitsa. In August 2016, he joined Maltese club Gżira United.
International career At youth level, Diamouténé played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
He represented the Mali national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLucchese2001–02Serie C120––202002–03Serie C1250–20270Total270000020290Perugia2003–04Serie A240120–360Lecce2004–05Serie A331––3312005–06Serie A33010––3402006–07Serie B37310––3832007–08Serie B31210–203422008–09Serie A8010––902009–10Serie B0010––102010–11Serie A2110––312011–12Serie A0000––00Total14466000201526Roma (loan)2008–09Serie A400020–60Bari (loan)2009–10Serie A3000––30Pescara (loan)2010–11Serie B13100––131Career total215760140402397
International Score and result list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Diamouténé goal.
+ International goal scored by Souleymane DiamouténéNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 5 June 2005 Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali 3–0 4–1 2006 World Cup qualifier
Honours Perugia Intertoto Cup: 2003
References
External links Profile at Football.it