Diadie Samassékou

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club TSG Hoffenheim. He also represents the Mali national team.

Red Bull Salzburg
In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering. During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.

TSG Hoffenheim
On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.

On 1 February 2024, Samassékou joined Cádiz in Spain on loan.

International career
Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.

Club
Red Bull Salzburg
 * Austrian Bundesliga 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
 * Austrian Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19

Individual

 * Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year:  2017–18, 2018–19
 * UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18