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Diarra Thompson-Roberts

Diarra Thompson-Roberts is a Nigerian-Scottish football player who plays for the English Premiership side, Arsenal. Although he was born in Nigeria, Diarra chose to play for the Scottish Football Association, possibly due to English being his native tongue.

Early Life

Diarra was born 1997, to parents Wëėaboǫ and Fiona in RÔz, Nigeria. They then proceeded to migrate to Dublin, Scotland with Diarra at age 7. He attended school until he was accepted into the Dundee United youth squad at age 17, where he played a total of 62 games, scoring 24 goals and assisting 19 times. He was then accepted into Arsenal youth squad in early 2015.

Current Life

Diarra is currently playing for the Arsenal youth squad, and is making occasional appearances in the first team. His kit number is 9.

http://www.arsenal.com/academy/players

http://dufc.co/the-teams/development-squad/