Fousseni Diabaté

Fousseni Diabaté (born 18 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team.

Club career
Diabaté was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis. He was at the youth academy at Stade Rennais for seven years before being kicked out, and thereafter joined Stade de Reims. He played for the reserves of En Avant de Guingamp before joining Gazélec Ajaccio on 20 June 2017. He made his professional debut with Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes FC on 28 July 2017, assisting his side's only goal.

On 13 January 2018, Diabaté moved to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee. Two weeks later, he made his debut for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round match against Peterborough United and scored twice in a 5–1 win.

He joined Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.

On 25 September 2020, Diabaté joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.

On 7 July 2022, it was announced that Diabaté signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Partizan being handed the #18 shirt. Diabaté made his debut on 23 July against TSC in a 0–0 draw; he came into the game in the 57th minute as a sub for Nikola Terzić. On 11 August, Diabaté made his second appearance in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, a 2–2 home draw against AEK Larnaca. He provided two assists for Ricardo Gomes, Diabaté scored the first goal in a 4–1 win over Ħamrun Spartans in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.

In the group stage, Diabaté played in all six games and scored four goals. Diabaté scored his debut goal in the SuperLiga on the road against Napredak. Diabaté made a sudden attempt, the ball caught Dejan Kerkez on the way to the goal and outwitted the helpless Nikola Petrić.

On 7 September 2023, Diabaté signed a two-year contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.

International career
Diabaté made one appearance for the Mali U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in a 2–0 loss to the Serbia U20s, as well as 5 games at the 2015 African U-20 Championship. He also appeared for the Mali U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament.