Mahamadou Diarra

**Mahamadou Diarra** (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|OFI|1998–99|Alpha Ethniki|21|2|1|0|—|—|—|22|2||||||
|rowspan="4"|Vitesse|1999–2000|rowspan="3"|Eredivisie|16|2|1|0|—|1|0|—|18|2|||
|2000–01|29|4|3|0|—|2|0|—|34|4|||||||
|2001–02|24|3|4|0|—|—|—|28|3||||||||
|rowspan="6"|Lyon|2002–03|rowspan="5"|Ligue 1|28|1|2|0|1|0|7|0|1|0|39|1|
|2003–04|27|1|0|0|0|0|10|0|1|1|38|2|||||
|2004–05|33|2|1|0|3|1|9|2|—|46|5||||||
|2005–06|31|3|1|0|1|0|9|2|1|0|43|5|||||
|2006–07|4|0|—|—|—|—|4|0|||||||||
|rowspan="6"|Real Madrid|2006–07|rowspan="5"|La Liga|33|3|4|0|—|10|1|—|47|4|||
|2007–08|30|0|0|0|—|6|0|2|0|38|0||||||
|2008–09|9|0|1|0|—|3|0|2|0|15|0||||||
|2009–10|15|0|2|0|—|3|0|—|20|0|||||||
|2010–11|3|0|3|0|—|2|0|—|8|0|||||||
|Monaco|2010–11|Ligue 1|9|0|—|—|—|—|9|0|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Fulham|2011–12|rowspan="3"|Premier League|11|1|—|—|—|—|11|1|||||
|2012–13|8|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|8|0|||||||
|2013–14|4|0|—|—|—|—|4|0|||||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Mali|1998|1|0|
|1999|1|0|||
|2000|2|0|||
|2001|3|0|||
|2002|11|2|||
|2003|8|0|||
|2004|10|2|||
|2005|3|1|||
|2006|2|0|||
|2007|7|1|||
|2008|10|1|||
|2009|3|0|||
|2010|7|0|||
|2011|3|0|||
|2012|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diarra goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|6 January 2002|Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|2|2–0|||||||||||||
|3|30 January 2004|Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia||2–0|3–1|2004 African Cup of Nations||||||||
|4|7 February 2004||2–1|2–1||||||||||
|5|5 June 2005|Stade Amari Daou, Ségou, Mali||4–1|4–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|6 February 2007|Stade Marville, Saint-Malo, France||2–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Lyon**
- Ligue 1: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
- Trophée des Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08
- Supercopa de España: 2008

**Mali**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze:1999

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mahamadou Diarra
- **image**: Mahamadou Diarra.JPG
- **upright**: 0.8
- **caption**: Diarra in 2007
- **birth place**: Bamako, Mali
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1997–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Centre Salif Keita
- **years1**: 1998–1999
- **clubs1**: OFI Crete F.C., OFI
- **caps1**: 21
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1999–2002
- **clubs2**: SBV Vitesse, Vitesse
- **caps2**: 69
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 2002–2006
- **clubs3**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps3**: 123
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2006–2011
- **clubs4**: Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **caps4**: 90
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2011
- **clubs5**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2012–2014
- **clubs6**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 335
- **totalgoals**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2012
- **nationalteam1**: Mali national football team, Mali
- **nationalcaps1**: 72
- **nationalgoals1**: 7