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Lassana Diakhaby

Diakhaby in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Châteauroux
Number	29
Youth career
2012–2014	Troyes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Troyes II	2	(0)
2015–2016	Angers II	18	(0)
2016–2018	Virton	30	(0)
2018–2020	Rodange	37	(7)
2020–2021	Trélissac	20	(0)
2021–2022	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	5	(0)
2022–2023	Martigues	53	(0)
2023–2025	Versailles	39	(3)
2025–2026	Créteil	10	(0)
2026–	Châteauroux	10	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Mauritania	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 February 2026

Lassana Diakhaby (born 1 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Championnat National 1 club Châteauroux. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Diakhaby began his career in his native France with the reserves of Troyes and Angers. In the summer of 2016, he moved to Virton where he spent a couple of seasons. He then moved to the Luxembourgian club Rodange on 19 January 2018, where he helped them win the 2018–2019 Luxembourg Division of Honour and earn a promotion. He returned to France with Trélissac in 2020, and the next season had a stint with Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. On 22 June 2021, he moved to Martigues, again achieving promotion into the Championnat National.

Born in France, Diakhaby is French, Mauritanian and Senegalese. He was called up to the Mauritania national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.

Diakhaby's twin brother Alfhhusein Diakhaby is a semi-pro footballer.

Rodange

• Luxembourg Division of Honour: 2018–2019