Solo Diabate
No. 10 – Al Ahly Benghazi
PositionShooting guard / point guard
LeagueRoad to BAL
Personal information
Born (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987
Cocody, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian / French
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2009JDA Dijon
2009–2012Chorale Roanne
2012–2013SLUC Nancy
2013–2015BCM Gravelines
2015–2016Rouen Métropole
2016–2017MZT Skopje
2017Champagne Châlons-Reims
2017Fujian Lightning
2018Levickí Patrioti
2018–2019SLUC Nancy
2019–2021Fos Provence Basket
2021Zamalek
2021–2022Smouha
2021→Al Ittihad
2022US Monastir
2022–2023Petro de Luanda
2023–presentAl Ahly Benghazi
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Ivory Coast
AfroBasket
Silver medal – second place2009 Libya
Silver medal – second place2021 Rwanda

Mouloukou Souleyman Diabate (born 21 July 1987), commonly known as Solo Diabate, is an Ivorian basketball player who currently plays for Al Ahly Benghazi.

He also represents the Ivory Coast national team. With Ivory Coast, Diabate has won two silver medals at AfroBasket tournaments in 2009 and 2021.

Professional career

Diabate has played in the French League since 2006. In his career, he played for JDA Dijon Basket, Chorale Roanne Basket, SLUC Nancy Basket, and BCM Gravelines. In 2015, he signed with Rouen Métropole. In the 2015-2016 season, Diabate was the league's assist leader with 6.5 per game to go with his 10.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. On February 16, 2017, Diabate signed with the French team Châlons-Reims, after starting the season with MZT Skopje.[1]

On 4 November 2016, he signed with MZT Skopje Aerodrom.[2][3] On 13 January 2017, he left MZT Skopje[4] On September 11, 2018, he signed with SLUC Nancy.[5] In 2021, Diabate signed with Zamalek to play in the 2021 BAL season, where they won the first-ever championship of the new league.[6]

In August 2021, Diabate signed with Smouha SC to stay in Egypt. On 28 September 2021, Diabate was loaned to Al Ittihad to play in the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship.[7] He replaced the injured Corey Webster.[8]

On 10 February 2022, Diabate signed with US Monastir ahead of the 2022 BAL season.[9] He helped Monastir win the championships by winning the 2022 BAL Finals; Diabate became the first player ever to win two BAL championships.[10]

In September 2022, Diabate signed a contract for Petro de Luanda in Angola.[11] He won the 2023 Angolan Cup with the team,[12] as well as the Angolan Basketball League title.[13]

Diabate joined Libyan club Al Ahly Benghazi for the 2024 BAL qualification tournaments. On 1 November 2023, Diabate made his debut and recorded 13 points and 9 assists in Al Ahly's 86-77 win over FAP.[14]

International career

Diabate was a member of the Ivory Coast national basketball team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.[15] In 2009, he helped the team to a surprise silver medal to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship in 24 years. On 19 June 2015, Diabate was one of 27 players to be named to the Ivory Coast's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Championship by head coach Hugues Occansey.[16]

Diabate played with Ivory Coast at AfroBasket 2021 in Rwanda and got his second silver medal.

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an BAL championship
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021† Zamalek 5018.1.439.591*.7501.64.61.6.010.4
2022† Monastir 6325.3.339.190.8893.24.01.3.08.3
2023 Petro de Luanda 8021.0.400.3331.0003.04.41.0.17.1

References

  1. ↑ "Souleyman Diabatè inks with Chalons-Reims". 16 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Африканецот Диабате е нов член на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Атрактивниот Африканец Диабате го засили МЗТ Скопје". sportmedia.mk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "ОФИЦИЈАЛНО: МЗТ го избрка Диабате, кој е следниот?". sportmedia.mk. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "SLUC Nancy reportedly agreed to terms with Souleyman Diabate". sportando.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "18-year-old Mohab Yasser stars as Egypt's Zamalek win first ever BAL title". Olympics.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "FilGoal | News | Basket". Middle East in 24 Sport English. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Coupe Arabe : Solo Diabaté prêté à l'Ittihad d'Alexandrie". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "🏀 سليمان ديباتي نجم المنتخب الإيفواري لكرةالسلة إتحادي 👏". Instagram.com. Union Sportive Monastirienne. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. ↑ lumanhula, Jose (2022-09-23). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  12. ↑ "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  13. ↑ "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Petro de Luanda conquista 16º título". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  14. ↑ "Lofton, Diabate lead Al Ahly Benghazi to victory against FAP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  15. ↑ Mouloukou Diabate Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  16. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire call up 27 players for Tunisia 2015". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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