Ismaël Diomandé (footballer, born 1992)

Ismaël Diomandé
	Diomandé with Saint-Étienne in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Tiémoko Ismaël Diomandé
Date of birth	28 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2008	ASEC Mimosas
2008–2009	Aubervilliers
2009–2010	Paris FC
2010–2011	Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2015	Saint-Étienne B
2011–2016	Saint-Étienne
2016	→ Caen (loan)
2016–2019	Caen
2019–2021	Çaykur Rizespor
2021	Konyaspor
2021–2023	Samsunspor
2023–2024	Petrolul Ploiești
International career‡
2014–2019	Ivory Coast
Medal record
Representing Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019

Tiémoko Ismaël Diomandé (born 28 August 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Diomandé was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and first played youth football for ASEC Mimosas. He moved to the suburbs of Paris in 2008 and spent a few years in the Aubervilliers and Paris FC academies.^[3]

In 2010, Diomandé joined the youth setup of Saint-Étienne.^[4] In 2011, he was in the starting lineup of the Under-19 Gambardella Cup final against Monaco, and broke into the first team the same year. He signed a professional contract with Les Verts in 2012.

Diomandé was loaned out to fellow Ligue 1 team Caen in January 2016. In June that year, he joined them on a permanent transfer after signing a three-year deal.^[5]

Starting from 2019, Diomandé competed abroad in Turkey, with successive stints at Çaykur Rizespor, Konyaspor and Samsunspor. On 23 March 2023, he agreed to a deal for an undisclosed period with Romanian club Petrolul Ploiești.^[6]