Diadie Samassékou


Diadie Samassékou is a Malian professional footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Mali national team.

Career

Red Bull Salzburg

In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering. During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

On 15 August 2019, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.

International career

Samassékou has represented Mali youth teams at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a 1–3 friendly loss to China on 29 June 2014.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Red Bull Salzburg