Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheick Tiemoko Diabate [1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Southwark, England [2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Exeter City | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Stevenage | ||
2018–2019 | Exeter City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019– | Exeter City | 38 | (3) |
2020 | → Buckland Athletic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2020 | → Bideford (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Tiverton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021 | → Truro City (loan) | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 14 February 2023 (UTC) |
Cheick Tiemoko Diabate (born 21 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Exeter City.
Diabate started his career at Stevenage before a move to Exeter City in 2018. He first appeared in a matchday squad during Exeter's 2–0 away EFL Trophy group-stage victory over Newport County in October 2019, [4] and then later that season enjoyed a brief loan spell with Buckland Athletic. [5] In a disrupted 2020–21 campaign, Diabate had loan spells at Bideford [6] and Tiverton Town [7] before making his Exeter debut in November 2020, featuring for the final twenty-eight minutes of their EFL Trophy tie with West Bromwich Albion U23s, which resulted in a 4–0 win for The Grecians. [8]
On 14 July 2021, Diabate joined Southern League Premier Division South side, Truro City [9] and went onto make his debut during a 1–1 draw with Walton Casuals a month later. [10] He then scored his first career goal in a 4–1 away victory over Poole Town in October [10] before eventually returning to Exeter two months later following an injury crisis at the Devon-based side. [11] He made his league debut for the club just a week later in a 2–1 defeat to Sutton United. [12] He went on to feature heavily in the second half of Exeter’s season as they secured promotion to League One. Diabate was rewarded with a new two-year contract in June 2022. [13]
Diabate's cousin Mory Koné is a former professional footballer, having played for Troyes, Le Mans, and Parma. [14]
Diabate is a Muslim. [15]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Exeter City | 2019–20 | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020–21 [16] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [17] | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
2022–23 [18] | EFL League One | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
Total | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
Buckland Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 [19] | Western League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Bideford (loan) | 2020–21 [20] | Southern League Division One South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tiverton Town (loan) | 2020–21 [10] | Southern League Premier Division South | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Truro City (loan) | 2021–22 [10] | Southern League Premier Division South | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
Career total | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 5 |
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