title: Souleymane Diamouténé
text: Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
  
  Club career
  Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout. He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad for a few months between 1999 and 2000, without being officially signed. After a friendly against Pisa, he was spotted by Francesco D'Arrigo, the head coach of the nerazzurri, who successfully signed him with his next club, Serie C1's Lucchese. Diamouténé spent two seasons with Lucchese, and in 2003 he was signed by Perugia.
  
  In 2004, Diamouténé joined U.S. Lecce, becoming a mainstay of the salentini under coach Zdenek Zeman. He played two seasons in Serie A (2004–05, 2005–06) and two in Serie B (2006–07, 2007–08). He was confirmed with Lecce for the 2008–09 season, the first one back in the top flight for his club, but in January 2009, he was loaned to Roma with a pre-set price of €3.15M as a replacement for outgoing Christian Panucci.
  
  On 31 August 2009, Diamouténé joined Bari on a loan deal.
  
  On 10 February 2012, it was announced that Diamouténé had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian A PFG club Levski Sofia. He was handed the number 25 shirt. On 23 May 2012, Diamouténé scored his first goal for Levski in a 7–0 win over PFC Svetkavitsa. In August 2016, he joined Maltese club Gżira United.
  
  International career
  At youth level, Diamouténé played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
  
  He represented the Mali national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
  
  Career statistics
  
  Club
  
  International
  Score and result list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Diamouténé goal.
  
  Honours
  Perugia
  Intertoto Cup: 2003
  
  References
  
  External links
   
   Profile at Football.it 
   
   Profile at LevskiSofia.info
   
  
  1983 births
  Living people
  People from Sikasso
  Men's association football defenders
  Malian men's footballers
  Malian expatriate men's footballers
  Mali men's international footballers
  2004 African Cup of Nations players
  2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
  2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
  Lucchese 1905 players
  AC Perugia Calcio players
  US Lecce players
  AS Roma players
  SSC Bari players
  Fidelis Andria 2018 players
  Delfino Pescara 1936 players
  PFC Levski Sofia players
  Lupa Roma FC players
  ASD Nuova Igea Virtus players
  Gżira United F.C. players
  Serie A players
  Serie B players
  Serie C players
  Serie D players
  First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
  Maltese Premier League players
  Malian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
  Malian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
  Malian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
  Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
  Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
  Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
  21st-century Malian people