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Alou Diarra

Personal information
Full name	Alou Diarra
Date of birth	15 July 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 28)
Place of birth	Villepinte, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	4
Youth career
1997–1999	Louhans-Cuiseaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Louhans-Cuiseaux	3	(0)
2000–2002	Bayern Munich	0	(0)
2001–2002	→ Freiburg (loan)	0	(0)
2002–2004	Liverpool	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Le Havre (loan)	25	(0)
2003–2004	→ Bastia (loan)	35	(4)
2004–2006	Lens	66	(4)
2006–2007	Lyon	15	(1)
2007–	Bordeaux	91	(7)
National team‡
2004–	France	24	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2010

Alou Diarra (born 15 July 1981 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent, who currently plays for Bordeaux as a defensive midfielder or centre back.

Club career

Early years

Diarra started out at CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, before moving to Bayern Munich in 2000. He did not play any matches for Bayern's first team, and spent a period on loan to SC Freiburg. In 2002 he was signed by Liverpool, but never played a competitive match for them, instead, he had loan spells at Le Havre AC and SC Bastia.^{[citation needed]}

Lens & Lyon

He spent the whole of the 2004-05 season on loan at RC Lens, before making the move permanent in the close season. At Lens, he became a first-team regular, and made his début for France; as of October 18, 2009, he has 21 caps for his country. This included coming on as a second half substitute for Patrick Vieira in the 2006 World Cup Final against Italy, which France went on to lose on penalties 5-3. Following the World Cup, he was involved in rumours of a transfer to Italian side, A.S. Roma during the 2006 Summer Transfer window. However he finally went to Lyon to replace the departed Mahamadou Diarra who was sold to Real Madrid.

Bordeaux

Following a disappointing season at Lyon, Diarra was linked with a move to English sides Manchester City, Portsmouth, Newcastle United and German outfit Werder Bremen. On July 19, 2007, Olympique Lyonnais agreed to transfer Diarra to Bordeaux at a fee of €7.75m. Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said: "We have come to an agreement with Bordeaux and he will join them." Diarra replaced the departed Rio Antonio Mavuba.

Diarra made his debut for Bordeaux in their first Ligue 1 match of the season against his former club Lens. He played the full 90 minutes in the victory picking up a yellow card in the process. Diarra scored his first goal for Bordeaux on August 29, 2007 against FC Metz. It was the only goal of the match.^[1]

HONOURS

• Lyon
  • Ligue 1 2006-07
• Bordeux
  • Ligue 1 2008-09
  • Coupe de la ligue 2008-09
  • Trophée des champions: 2008, 2009
• France National Team
  • World Cup Runner Up 2006

References

External links

• FR Profile and pictures on sitercl.com

France squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Landreau • 2 Boumsong • 3 Abidal • 4 Vieira • 5 Gallas • 6 Makélélé • 7 Malouda • 8 Dhorasoo • 9 Govou • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Saha • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Givet • 18 Diarra • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Chimbonda • 22 Ribéry • 23 Coupet • Coach: Domenech