Aboubacar Mé Diomandé (7 May 1988 – 9 August 2019) was an Ivorian footballer who played as midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aboubacar Mé Diomandé | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Date of death | 9 August 2019 (aged 31)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, India | ||
| Position(s) |
Midfielder Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Académie de Sol Beni | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | ASEC Mimosas | ? | (?) |
| 2006–2007 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2006–2007 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | ||
| 2007–2019 | Stella Club d'Adjamé | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Ivory Coast | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2019 | |||
Club career
editMé Diomandé began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted to the first team in January 2005.[2] In January 2007, he was on trial at Charlton Athletic[3] and then moved in July 2007 to Stella Club d'Adjamé.
International career
editHe was nominated for the Tournoi de l'UEMOA 2007 for Ivory Coast.[4] Diomandé played for the Elephants at the 2009 African Nations Championship in Ivory Coast,[5] here he represented the team as captain.[6]
Death
editOn 9 August 2019, Diomandé was found dead on railway tracks on the Mumbai-Howrah route in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh state of India.[7]
His mutilated body was recovered from the tracks near Baradwar railway station. According to Sub-divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Champa area Udyan Behar, the player was identified through the mobile recovered from near his body. The police were able to identify the player through the identification documents which were in the mobile.
After investigation, the police concluded that the player would have landed in the country on 8 August 2019 and was travelling to join his new teammates in Kolkata.[8]
The further conclusions detail the midfielder to have fallen from the train.
The police tried to look for missing bags from the trains at Howrah station but weren't successful in finding any.
References
edit- ^ "African footballer found dead on rail tracks in Chhattisgarh". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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- ^ "FIFA.com - l'ASEC en quête de gloire". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Yahoo Sport – Sport-Nachrichten, Live Berichte, Videos und mehr!". de.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "CHAN 2009: Squad List - 2009 - CAF". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "RFI – Côte d'Ivoire : un point d'honneur". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Former Charlton Athletic footballer found dead on railway track in Chhattisgarh". khelnow.com. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "African footballer found dead on tracks in Chhattisgarh". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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