Youba Diarra

**Hamaciré Youba Diarra** (born 24 March 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis, on loan from Cádiz.

## Career

Diarra started his career in the youth teams of Yeelen Olympique. In January 2018 he moved to Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was loand to Second Division club SC Wiener Neustadt. and made his debut in March 2018 against Floridsdorfer AC.

For the 2018–19 season he played for  Austrian Bundesliga club TSV Hartberg also on loan. After suffering a cruciate ligament rupture, the loan contract ended in January 2019.

After six months on loan with TSV Hartberg, he returned to FC Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. In  August 2019 he played for the first time for FC Liefering.

On 29 August 2019 he went on loan to FC St. Pauli for the 2019–20 season. He played only three matches for St. Pauli in the 2nd Bundesliga due to injury. His contract ended in January 2020 and he returned to Salzburg.

Diarra made his return from injury with FC Liefering during June 2020. On 11 June 2020, he scored his first goal as a professional in a 3–0 victory over Floridsdorfer AC. On 24 June 2020, Diarra scored another goal in a 4–1 victory over Wacker Innsbruck.

On 1 March 2021 he went on loan to MLS club New York Red Bulls. On 17 April 2021 he made his debut for New York.

On 8 January 2022 he went again to TSV Hartberg on another six-month loan. After the end of the loan he came back to Salzburg.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Wiener Neustadt (loan)|2017–18|2. Liga|14|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|16|0||
|Hartberg (loan)|2018–19|Austrian Bundesliga|10|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|12|0||
|FC St. Pauli (loan)|2019–20|2. Bundesliga|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0||
|Liefering (loan)|2019–20|2. Liga|7|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|2||
|Red Bull Salzburg|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||
|New York Red Bulls (loan)|2021|MLS|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|0||
|Cádiz|2022–23|La Liga|5|0|0|0|—|—|5|0||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Youba Diarra
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen Olympiakos Piräus (Testspiel, 2022-07-02) 09.jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Youba Diarra in 2022
- **full name**: Hamaciré Youba Diarra
- **birth place**: Bamako, Mali
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Asteras Tripolis F.C., Asteras Tripolis
 (on loan from Cádiz CF, Cádiz)
- **clubnumber**: 24
- **youthclubs1**: Yeelen Olympique
- **years1**: 2018–2022
- **clubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps1**: 7
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2018
- **clubs2**: → SC Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt (loan)
- **caps2**: 14
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2018
- **clubs3**: → TSV Hartberg, Hartberg (loan)
- **caps3**: 10
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2019–2020
- **clubs4**: → FC Liefering, Liefering (loan)
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2019–2020
- **clubs5**: → FC St. Pauli (loan)
- **caps5**: 3
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2021
- **clubs6**: → New York Red Bulls (loan)
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2022
- **clubs7**: → TSV Hartberg, Hartberg (loan)
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2023–
- **clubs8**: Cádiz CF, Cádiz
- **caps8**: 5
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2023–
- **clubs9**: → Asteras Tripolis F.C., Asteras Tripolis (loan)
- **caps9**: 9
- **goals9**: 0
- **club-update**: 8 January 2024