Lassana Diarra

Soccer Player

Lassana Diarra was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France on March 10th, 1985 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 39, Lassana Diarra biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 10, 1985
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France
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
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39 years old
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Pisces
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Association Football Player
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Lassana Diarra Life

Lassana Diarra (born 10 March 1985) is a French retired professional footballer.

His primary position was as a defensive midfielder, but he also excelled and played at right back, as he has occasionally for the French national football team.

Diarra has played for Chelsea, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Real Madrid, and most recently, Paris Saint-Germain, before retiring on February 21, 2019.

Anzhachhachachh and Lokomotiv Moscow have both played for Russian clubs.

Personal life

Diarra is a practicing Muslim. His cousin Asta Diakité was killed in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th, 2015. At the time, Diarra was playing for France in an international friendly against Germany at the Stade de France, just north of Paris in Saint-Denis.

Diarra grew to support Marseille.

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Lassana Diarra Career

Early career

Born in Paris, Diarra started playing football at the sports center on Rue Julien-Lacroix in Belleville, the neighborhood in which he grew up in Paris's 20th arrondissement. Diarra was turned down by several football clubs as a youngster; Nantes ruled him too "small and fragile" to do well at 170 cm (5'7" and 9 stone). He said his "football career was over." Diarra's next stop was Le Mans UC, where Diarra said they "didn't appear to worry" about him. He will also play for Red Star 93 from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine's Paris suburbs.

Club career

Diarra's football career began at Le Havre, a former French top-flight football team. His reputation in his defensive midfield role began to expand, and his selection to the French Under-21 squad was based on his excellent results. Chelsea and other clubs expressed curiosity, and Chelsea became potential suitors. Chelsea's Claude Makélélé's ageing, Chelsea's scouts named Diarra as the "new Makélélé." When Diarra was first spotted by Gwyn Williams of France in the 2005 Toulon Tournament, he was on trial before the club paid £1 million for his services in July 2005.

Diarra was in Chelsea's first team squad from 2005-2006, but he didn't see much first-team football. Chelsea made his debut in the UEFA Champions League in October 2005, when he was given a brief run out as a replacement while Chelsea were 4–0 up against Real Betis. In the FA Cup third round, Claude Makélélé starred well against Huddersfield Town, receiving rave reviews from both managers, teammates, and media outlets, according to both managers and reporters. In a 2–0 victory over Liverpool on Friday, he made his league debut when he came on as a replacement for Makélélé. In Chelsea's last two games of the season as boss José Mourinho changed his squad, he was a key player and also played in the full 90 minutes. Chelsea's 2005–06 FA Premier League winnings, Diarra ended the season with three league appearances as Chelsea defeated Chelsea. For 2005–06, Diarra was named Chelsea's Young Player of the Season.

He was often asked to play at right back due to Chelsea's defensive setbacks during the 2006–07 season. With some success, he played full Premier League games against Blackburn, Charlton Athletic, and Middlesbrough. He also appeared in Chelsea's victory over Arsenal in the League Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium. Chelsea defeated Manchester United in the 2007 FA Cup Final against Manchester United, making him an unused substitute. According to reports, he may be on his way to Arsenal in search of first-team football. Despite this, he came back as a replacement for Chelsea in the 2007 FA Community Shield. Chelsea's deal was due to end in January 2008, but Chelsea sold him to Arsenal on August 31, 2007, before he could leave on a free transfer.

He signed for Arsenal on an undisclosed fee on the 31st of August, the transfer deadline. After the departure of winger Freddie Ljungberg, he was given the number 8 shirt, which had been vacated. On his way across London, Arsène Wenger, Arsenal's manager, was one of the principal reasons for joining the club, as well as the Arsenal's style of football. Wenger had named the young Frenchman a "multi-functional player" and he was a good addition to the team. In the third round of the League Cup, Diarra made his Arsenal debut as a late replacement in the home leg of the 2007–08 Champions League group stage match against Sevilla and his full debut against Newcastle United. He then played his first Premier League match for Arsenal against Wigan Athletic on November 24, 2007. Diarra saw little action in the early months of the season, with the introduction of defensive midfielder Mathieu Flamini in the Arsenal team. Diarra signed for Portsmouth in January 2008 after only five months at Arsenal for an undisclosed fee estimated to be about £5.5 million, despite concerns that he was not playing enough first team football.

On January 17, 2008. Diarra signed for Portsmouth on January 17th, 2008. He made his debut against Derby County against Fratton Park, winning by 3-1. In the following match, he scored his first goal for the club against FA Cup Fourth Round Championship opponents Plymouth Argyle and his first Premier League goal against Bolton Wanderers. Diarra played in every minute of Portsmouth's remaining FA Cup games en route to winning the trophy in the final. He dominated the season by being included in the France squad for UEFA Euro 2008; his decision to part company with Arsenal had "more than justified my decision," Diarra says. He was involved in the 2008 Community Shield against Manchester United, but he was disqualified in the penalty shootout, which was won by United. He scored Pompey's first goal in a big European competition against Vitória de Guimares, his third and final goal for the club, on September 18th. When he was booked twice against Tottenham Hotspur at Fratton Park on September 28, 2008, Diarra's first red card of his Premier League career occurred on September 28th.

Portsmouth agreed to a Real Madrid fee for the removal of Diarra on January 1, 2009, subject to a medical, despite the fact that the client was not a student. Mahamadou Diarra's number six shirt was used for domestic competitions after the Malian midfielder was out with a season-ending injury and the Champions League's vacant number 39. To prevent confusion with Mahamadou, he wore the word "Lass" on the back of his shirt. On January 1, 2009, the first day of the transfer window, Lassana Diarra's transfer was officially completed. Madrid had intended to add both Diarra and fellow signing Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to their 2008-09 Champions League squad, but UEFA rules would require only one of the two players to be registered by February 2009; eventually, Diarra and the others were selected to participate in the tournament.

Diarra's debut for Real Madrid in his first few months earned him a spot on the UEFA's 2008–09 La Liga Breakthrough Team in the top ten. The Madridista was the only foreigner on the list, joining Sevilla's Diego Perotti as the only foreigner on the list. He "joined Real Madrid in the winter transfer window with a low profile," the UEFA website states, although he managed to persuade the ardent Madridista fan base in a matter of months.

After Wesley Sneijder left Internazionale and Mahamadou Diarra returned from injury and regained the number 10 shirt for the 2009–2010 season, he was given the number 10 shirt. In the 2009–10 La Liga opener against Deportivo de La Corua, Lassana Diarra scored his first official goal for Madrid, giving his team with a 3–2 victory.

For the first game of the 2010–11 La Liga season, manager José Mourinho used Diarra in his starting lineup. Because Madrid acquired Sami Khedira, Diarra was in a longer fight to join the squad. However, Mourinho said he would not be leaving and that he saw Diarra as a starter.

Diarra began to leave Real Madrid during the 2011 transfer window, but he did not participate in the team's pre-season, retaining the number 24 jersey after Sami Khedira took number 6 and Mesut tzil number ten during the summer.

Diarra had a good 2011–12 season, culminating in them winning the La Liga championship. He appeared in the team's 2012 pre-season and also won the 2012 Supercopa with the club. Despite being compared to an abandonment, it appears he was coerced out of the team alongside fellow midfield enforcer Esteban Granero to support the stay in Kaká.

Diarra was supposed to join Spartak Moscow after falling behind in the pecking order. Diarra joined Anzhi Makhachhachhachhachhua on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee on transfer deadline day, August 31, 2012. He was expected to join on loan but the club decided to keep the contract permanent. Diarra continued to attend Anzhi, claiming that Samuel Eto'o had warned him not to join and that the reason he joined was not the reason he joined.

Following Anzhi's whole squad's cancellation due to cost cutting, there was talk of a number of clubs interested in Diarra's services; Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain were reported to be keen in moving him back to France; Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain were reported to be keen in returning him to France. However, he did eventually sign a four-year deal with Lokomotiv Moscow, wearing the number 85 shirt. He was the second most expensive transfer in Lokomotiv's history, behind only Mbark Boussoufa, who was signed by the club from Anzhachhachachy Makhachhachachhachia in the summer of 2013 for €15 million. Despite being kicked twice in his first matches for his new club, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Tom Tomsk, respectively, Diarra quickly established himself in starting eleven, winning one of two common holding midfielder's posts alongside Dmitri Tarasov. Diarra's first months in Lokomotiv gave him so many good results that even claimed that he was the best player in the Russian Premier League in history. His growing popularity in the company was revealed in both November and December 2013: In November and December 2013, he led the monthly poll among Lokomotiv followers on social media and received the Player of the Month award twice in a row. Diarra played only five out of eleven matches during the winter break, and his results were a lot below average.

When Diarra at Lokomotiv went wrong with head coach Leonid Kuchuk, things went wrong for him. When the club wanted to minimize Diarra's salary, the club came to a halt, but the player refused and even refused to attend training. Lokomotiv fired Diarra in August 2014 on the grounds of his inability to turn up for training, despite his deal coming to an end in 2017. The company also sued Diarra for breach of employment, but FIFA was able to refuse to participate in another club as long as his contractual dispute was not resolved. In September 2014, Kuchuk was sacked by the club.

Several months of rumors surrounding Diarra's departure from the club, including Celtic, Inter Milan, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, and West Ham United.

Diarra was fined 10 million euros by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for breach of a 10-million euro contract by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as well as €110,000 to the CAS. He was also banned from playing professional football and a suspension of salary payment, both of which he had already completed.

On July 24, 2015, Diarra signed for French Ligue 1 side Marseille, following his ban from football. He scored his first goal in a 6–0 victory over Troyes on Sunday, on his first appearance in Marseille, while still achieving a 100% pass completion. He was selected by the UNFP in the Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Diarra was named as the club's new captain on August 11, 2016, replacing Steve Mandanda, who had earlier joined Crystal Palace. Following Rudi Garcia's appointment as the club's new manager in October, Diarra's service to the team was scrutinized and he was eventually stripped of his captaincy in favour of loanee Bafétimbi Gomis. Diarra was released by Marseille on February 14, 2017, after only making 11 league appearances this season. José Anigo, the former coach, said the breakdown of the club and player relationship resulted from then-chairman Vincent Labrune's inability to keep contractual commitments to Diarra.

Diarra joined Emirati club Al Jazira on April 19, 2017. He made five appearances in the UAE Pro-League before mutually halting his deal with the club on December 24, 2017.

Diarra joined Paris Saint-Germain on a one-and-a-half-year deal on January 23, 2018. The French national has been named as the 436th player to represent the capital team. In the 3–2 Coupe de la Ligue semi-final victory over Stade Rennais on January 30, 2018, Diarra and PSG mutually ended his agreement with the club. He later revealed that he would have left professional football.

International career

Diarra has earned 18 caps for France under the age of 21. Perhaps his best result came in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs second leg match against England at the Stade Marcel Picot. He received the ball in the England penalty box, where a challenge from Kieran Richardson brought Diarra down the match several minutes from full time and seemed to be destined for extra time (the aggregate score was 2–2). The foul was dismissed, but Diarra's teammate Jimmy Briand scored the point, shooting the ball past Scott Carson. On aggregate, France won the tie 3–2 and thus qualified for the finals in Portugal.

On March 24, 2007, Diarra was selected by coach Raymond Domenech for a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania. He started the match alongside Claude Makélélé and Jérémy Toulalan in midfield, and lasted for the full 90 minutes. He was also selected for a friendly match against Austria on March 28, 2007. After Diarra's consistent club performances in 2008, he was selected for the France squad for Euro 2008, ahead of high-calibre players such as Djibril Cissé and Mathieu Flamini. France was disqualified in Euro 2008's group stage, but Diarra did not appear in any of his country's three group stage matches.

In the 20 August 2008 friendly against Sweden, Diarra was called up for Domenech's France squad following fellow defensive midfielder Claude Makélélé's international retirement. Diarra had made 26 appearances for France by the end of the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Diarra was admitted to the preliminary squad of Domenech's squad on May 11, 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was later added to the shortened list of players and was expected to start as a starter alongside Jérémy Toulalan in the midfield. However, Diarra, who was training with the national team in Tignes, was forced to pull out of the squad due to severe intestinal pain and stomach cramps as a result of his altitude. According to a follow-up medical report, Diarra will have to rest for a lengthy period of time. After medical treatment due to asthenic syndrome secondary to sickle-cell anemia, Diarra's club, Real Madrid, later revealed that he was resting at home due to a genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells with an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape.

Following a good run of form at the start of the 2015–16 season, Diarra received a surprise recall to the French team after a five-year absence. Didier Deschamps, France's manager, referred to Diarra's successes on a struggling Marseille side as the reason for his selection.

Diarra was selected in the France squad for UEFA Euro 2016. He appeared in the first half of the friendly match against Cameroon on May 30th and was forced to leave at half time by N'Golo Kanté. However, Diarra was forced to leave the team due to a swelling in his left knee. Morgan Schneiderlin of Manchester United was brought to him.

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On Saturday, Sam Allardyce visits his old club Newcastle, but his Toon experience was a car accident

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
CRAIG HOPE: Sam Allardyce did not know he was fired as Newcastle's boss. A grey Wednesday in January 2008, when a letter was sent from the club's training ground that he was urgent for a meeting with chairman Chris Mort at St James' Park. Assuming it was transfer company, he needed Arsenal's Lassana Diarra and Manchester United's Wes Brown, and Manchester United's Wes Brown got a lift from a member of staff around town. On reflection, the compact car was missing a wheel trim, which was a low budget item. Allardyce was still wearing his club tracksuit and a gold chain around his neck. In the boardroom, however, he was holding a golden handshake. Not that Allardyce felt like yelling anyone's hand. He was stunned after just eight months, 24 games, and with the team 11th in the Premier League. Mort said they'd sort the exact details of severance later, but Allardyce, as was his right, refused to move. Now, after five hours and by phone calls to lawyers in London, terms were agreed.
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