Souleymane Diaby (born 8 October 1999) born in Divo, Ivory Coast is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Winterthur.
Diaby was born to an Ivorian father and Ugandan mother. His maternal grandfather, Sonko Sulaiman, was Ugandan, born in Masaka, Uganda, where he was a renowned coffee farmer.
Club career Diaby began his senior career in the Ivory Coast with Bingerville, and moved to Denguélé briefly in 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he played with Gagnoa. On 3 July 2021, he moved to the Swiss club Winterthur. He helped Winterthur win the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League, and earned promotion into the Swiss Super League. He extended his contract with Winterthur on 28 July 2022 for three more years. He made his professional debut with Winterthur in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to St. Gallen on 23 June 2022.
International career Diaby is a youth international for Ivory Coast, having played for the Ivory Coast U17s and U20s. In March 2021, he received a call-up to the senior Ivory Coast senior national team for the first time.
Whereas Diaby is eligible to represent both Ivory Coast and Uganda, he was an unused substitute in Ivory Coast's group stage against Uganda in CHAN 2018 in Morocco
Honours Winterthur Swiss Challenge League: 2021–22
Individual Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2017
References
External links
SFL Profile