Drissa Diallo

Drissa Diallo

Personal information
Full name	Drissa Diallo
Date of birth	4 January 1973 (1973-01-04) (age 38)
Place of birth	Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1996	Sedan	0	(0)
1996–1998	Liège	49	(0)
1998–2003	KV Mechelen	98	(4)
2003	Burnley	14	(1)
2003–2005	Ipswich Town	45	(0)
2005–2006	Sheffield Wednesday	11	(0)
2006–2009	Milton Keynes Dons	70	(2)
2008–2009	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	12	(1)
2009–2010	Cheltenham Town	18	(0)
Total		317	(8)
National team
	Guinea	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Drissa Diallo was born in Mauritania on 4 January 1973 but has French nationality. He represented Guinea internationally. He is a retired footballer who most recently played for Cheltenham Town.

Diallo started his career in France playing for AS Brevannes and Sedan before moving to Belgium and playing for RC Tilleur and KV Mechelen.

In 2003 Mechelen went into liquidation and Diallo was released on a free transfer. He promptly moved to England and signed for Burnley. Although the Lancashire club were keen to sign Diallo on a long term deal after he had impressed Stan Ternent during his time at the club, Diallo spent just 5 months in Burnley before Joe Royle swooped to sign him for Ipswich Town at the end of the season. He scored two goals for Burnley, against Fulham in the FA Cup^[1] and Gillingham in the league.^[2]

Drissa completed a two-year contract at Portman Road and helped Ipswich reach the Championship play-offs, but his time there was marred by injury trouble and he was released by the club in the Summer of 2005.

Sheffield Wednesday manager Paul Sturrock then brought Diallo to the newly promoted Championship club one month later. Diallo turned out some satisfactory displays at Hillsborough, but his season was again peppered with injuries and on 4 May 2006 it was announced that Wednesday would not be renewing his contract upon expiry at the end of the season.

Diallo was signed on a free transfer in July 2006 along with Jon-Paul McGovern by Milton Keynes Dons.

On September 18, 2008 Diallo joined Cheltenham Town on a one month loan and then on the 2nd of January 2009 Drissa was officially named a Cheltenham player following a free transfer after the successful loan spell.

Transfers

Date	Club	Fee
1 August 2001?	KV Mechelen	Cancelled contract
10 January 2003	Burnley	Free
4 June 2003	Ipswich	Free
1 July 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	Free
July 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	Free
18 September 2008	Cheltenham Town	Loan
2 January 2009	Cheltenham Town	Free

Statistics

Recent Club Performance

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Others		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Sheffield Wednesday	2005-06	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Ipswich	2004-05	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	2003-04	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Burnley	2002-03	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2
Total (Last 4 Seasons)		71	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	79	2

References

1. ^ "Burnley thrash Fulham". BBC. 26 February 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/2790239.stm. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Burnley 2-0 Gillingham". BBC. 19 April 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2942129.stm. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 

• Drissa Diallo French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

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Name	Diallo, Drissa
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Date of birth	4 January 1973
Place of birth	Nouadhibou, Mauritania
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