Moussa Diarra (footballer, born 1990)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Élancourt, France | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eastbourne Borough | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OSC Élancourt | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Horley Town | ||
| 2012–2013 | St Albans City | 17 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 63 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 8 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 45 | (14) |
| 2016–2018 | Barrow | 84 | (8) |
| 2018–2019 | Dover Athletic | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Woking (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Woking | 32 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Havant & Waterlooville | 12 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Woking | 60 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | Barnet | 20 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Dartford (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 2024– | Eastbourne Borough | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Moussa Diarra (born 4 February 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for National League South club Eastbourne Borough.
Career
[edit]Diarra was born in Élancourt and played for clubs in his home town, and in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, before moving to England in 2011. He had a trial with Tooting & Mitcham United before joining Horley Town in October 2011. In February 2012, he joined St Albans City, before signing for Hemel Hempstead Town in January 2013.[2][3] After two loan spells with Hampton & Richmond Borough in the 2014-15 season, Diarra joined the Beavers permanently in July 2015.[4] After one season, he became a full-time player after joining Barrow in summer 2016.[5] He joined Dover Athletic for the 2018-19 season as he wanted to live closer to France, but struggled to break into the team as he recovered from a pulled hamstring and joined Woking on loan until the end of the season, when the move was made permanent.[6] Diarra turned down a new contract offer from the Cards at the end of the season and joined Havant & Waterlooville. However, he re-joined Woking on a permanent basis after the National League South season was curtailed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[7] Diarra signed for Barnet ahead of the 2022-23 season.[8]
On 26 August 2023, Diarra joined Dartford on loan until January 2024. Then, he joined Eastbourne Borough on loan until the end of the 2023-24 season,[9] when he was released by Barnet.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 23 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Horley Town | 2011–12[3] | CCL Premier Division | No data currently available | |||||||||
| St Albans City | 2011–12[2] | Southern League Premier Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2012–13[2] | Southern League Premier Division | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 18 | 4 | |
| Total | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | ||
| Hemel Hempstead Town | 2011–12[2] | Southern League Premier Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2013–14[2] | Southern League Premier Division | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 1 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2014–15[1] | Conference South | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 82 | 4 | ||
| Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2014–15[11] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[f] | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2014–15[12] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | 2015–16[13] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 45 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 50 | 12 |
| Total | 60 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 18 | ||
| Barrow | 2016–17[1] | National League | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 55 | 5 |
| 2017–18[1] | National League | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
| Total | 84 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 8 | ||
| Dover Athletic | 2018–19[1] | National League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Woking (loan) | 2018–19[1] | National League South | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[g] | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Woking | 2019–20[1] | National League | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 4 | ||
| Havant & Waterlooville | 2020–21[1] | National League South | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Woking | 2020–21[1] | National League | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 2021–22[1] | National League | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| Total | 60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 6 | ||
| Barnet | 2022–23[1] | National League | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[h] | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2023–24[1] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Dartford (loan) | 2023–24[1] | National League South | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[i] | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 2023–24[1] | National League South | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| Eastbourne Borough | 2024–25[1] | National League South | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[j] | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 427 | 47 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 494 | 52 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Herts Charity Cup.
- ^ One appearance and one goal in the Southern League Cup, one appearance in the Herts Senior Cup.
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Southern League Premier Division play-offs.
- ^ Three appearances in the FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in the Southern League Cup, one appearance in the Herts Senior Cup.
- ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Alan Turvey Trophy.
- ^ Appearance(s) in National League South play-offs
- ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in London Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Sussex Senior Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Moussa Diarra at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Moussa Diarra Profile | Aylesbury United
- ^ a b Moussa Diarra - Hemel Hempstead Town
- ^ It's magic as Moussa signs up!
- ^ Barrow AFC's French import Moussa Diarra is here to win
- ^ Frenchies – Moussa Diarra : « Il y a toujours quelque chose qui me retient en Angleterre »
- ^ Moussa moves to Woking
- ^ Moussa Diarra completes move to Bees
- ^ "MOUSSA DIARRA JOINS EASTBOURNE BOROUGH – Barnet Football Club".
- ^ "RETAINED LIST 2024 – Barnet Football Club".
- ^ "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages".
- ^ "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages".
- ^ "Hampton & Richmond Borough | Appearances | Moussa Diarra | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages".
- 1990 births
- Living people
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Horley Town F.C. players
- St Albans City F.C. players
- Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
- Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Dover Athletic F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Dartford F.C. players
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Southern Football League players
- Isthmian League players
- Men's association football defenders
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- 21st-century French sportsmen