- Alou Diarra
Infobox Football biography
playername= Alou Diarra
fullname =
height = height|m=1.90
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|7|15
cityofbirth =Villepinte ,Seine-Saint-Denis
countryofbirth =France
currentclub =Bordeaux
clubcrest =
clubnumber = 4
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1997-1999
youthclubs =CS Louhans-Cuiseaux
years = 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2005 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-
clubs =CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Bayern Munich Liverpool → Le Havre (loan) →SC Bastia (loan)RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais Bordeaux
caps(goals) = 03 (0) 00 (0) 00 (0) 25 (0) 35 (4) 66 (4) 14 (1) 35 (4)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (0)
pcupdate =August 9 2008
ntupdate =September 14 2008 Alou Diarra (born
July 15 ,1981 in Villepinte) is a French footballer ofMali an descent. He currently plays for Bordeaux as a defensivemidfielder or centre back.Fact|date=December 2007Early years
Diarra started out at
CS Louhans-Cuiseaux , before moving toBayern Munich in 2000. He did not play any matches for Bayern's first team, and spent a period on loan toSC Freiburg . In 2002 he was signed byGérard Houllier 's Liverpool, but never played a competitive match for the Reds either; instead, he had loan spells atLe Havre AC and SC Bastia.Fact|date=December 2007RC Lens
He spent the whole of the 2004-05 season at
RC Lens , before making the move permanent in the close season. At Lens, he became a first-team regular, and made his début for France; as of18 June 2006 , he has 12 caps for his country. This included coming on as a second half substitute forPatrick Vieira in the 2006 World Cup Final against Italy, which France went on to lose on penalties 5-3. Following the World Cup, he was involved in rumours of a transfer to Italian side,A.S. Roma during the 2006 Summer Transfer window. However he finally went to Lyon to replace the departedMahamadou Diarra who was sold to Real Madrid for £17,700,000.Fact|date=December 2007Bordeaux
After failing to dislodge Jeremy Toulalan for the position of Defensive Midfielder at Lyon, Diarra was linked with a move to either English Premiership sides Manchester City, Portsmouth, Newcastle United and German outfit
Werder Bremen . OnJuly 19 ,2007 , Olympique Lyonnais agreed to transfer Diarra to Bordeaux at a fee of €7.75m. Lyon presidentJean-Michel Aulas said: "We have come to an agreement with Bordeaux and he will join them." Diarra replaced the departedRio Antonio Mavuba .Diarra made his debut for Bordeaux in their first Ligue 1 match of the season against his former club Lens. He played the full 90 minutes in the victory picking up a yellow card in the process. Diarra scored his first goal for Bordeaux on
August 29 ,2007 againstFC Metz . It was the only goal of the match.Fact|date=December 2007External links
* FR [http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/D/diarraal.htm Profile and pictures on sitercl.com]
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