Samba Lélé Diba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Louga, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athens Kallithea | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2022 | ASEC Ndiambour | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Servette | 25 | (0) |
| 2024– | Athens Kallithea | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Senegal U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Senegal | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:11, 11 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Samba Lélé Diba (born 24 December 2003) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek Super League club Athens Kallithea.
Club career
[edit]A youth product of the Senegalese club ASEC Ndiambour, Diba transferred to the Swiss club Servette on 21 June 2022 on a 3-year contract.[2] He made his senior and professional debut with Servette in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over FC Winterthur on 6 August 2022.[3]
On 7 August 2024, Diba joined Athens Kallithea FC.[4]
International career
[edit]Diba is a youth international for Senegal, having played up to the Senegal U23s.[5] He was called up to the senior Senegal national team for a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match in September 2023.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Diba's father Daouda Diba was a Senegalese footballer in the 1990s.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 21 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Servette | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Athens Kallithea | 2024–25 | Superleague Greece 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Diba versucht sich in Probetrainings aufzudrängen". maroons - Deutschschweizer Fans des Servette FC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ Dione, Mbagnick (21 June 2022). "Mercato : Samba Lele Diba signe au Servette FC, en provenance du Ndiambour !". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Samba Lélé Diba joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Dione, Mbagnick (11 September 2022). "Equipe Nationale U23 : 23 joueurs convoqués par Demba Mbaye, dont 18 expatriés". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Convocation joueurs match Sénégal-Rwanda". fsfoot.sn. Senegalese Football Federation. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Mbengue, Hubert (21 June 2022). "Ndiambour : Samba Lele Diba au FC Servette (Suisse) jusqu'en 2025". RECORD (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Samba Lélé Diba at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Louga Region
- Senegalese men's footballers
- 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
- Senegal men's international footballers
- Senegal men's youth international footballers
- Servette FC players
- Swiss Super League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriates in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland