Diadie Samassékou

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Diadie Samassékou
Samassékou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Houston Dynamo
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2015 Real Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Liefering 26 (0)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (1)
2019–2025 TSG Hoffenheim 87 (2)
2022–2023 → Olympiacos (loan) 20 (2)
2024 → Cádiz (loan) 4 (0)
2025– Houston Dynamo 11 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U20 9 (2)
2015–2016 Mali U23 4 (0)
2016– Mali 41 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2015 New ZealandU-20 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 August 2025

Diadie Samassékou (born 11 January 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo and the Mali national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

In August 2015, Samassékou signed a four-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, initially joining their farm team FC Liefering.[2] During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[3] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[4]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 15 August 2019, TSG Hoffenheim announced the signing of Samassékou on a five-year deal.[5]

On 1 February 2024, Samassékou joined Cádiz in Spain on loan.[6]

Houston Dynamo

On 23 August 2025, signed a one-and-a-half year deal with Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo.[7]

International career

Samassékou represented Mali at youth level at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup[8] and the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 friendly win against China PR on 29 June 2014.[9]

He competes for his first international competition in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In December 2021, Samassékou was selected by coach Mohamed Magassouba to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 2 January 2024 he was selected from the list of 27 Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 March 2025[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2015–16 Erste Liga 250––250
2016–17 10––10
Total 260––260
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 2704070380
2017–18 29030180500
2018–19 26150141452
2019–20 10000010
Total 8311203911342
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 21000–210
2020–21 3100060370
2021–22 24210–252
2022–23 2010–30
2023–24 1000–10
2024–25 801010100
Total 8723070972
Olympiacos (loan) 2022–23 Super League Greece 20250–252
Cádiz (loan) 2023–24 La Liga 40––40
Career total 22052004612866

International

As of match played 6 June 2024.[12]
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201620
201720
201840
201981
202010
202150
202280
202350
202440
Total391

International goals

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[13]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt Tunisia1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. "Diadie Samassékou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "New Signing Samassekou Signs Deal Until 2019". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Diadie Samassékou wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. "Diadié Samassékou llega cedido del Hoffenheim alemán" [Diadié Samassékou arrives on loan from German Hoffenheim] (in Spanish). Cádiz. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  7. FC, Houston Dynamo. "Houston Dynamo FC sign Bundesliga veteran midfielder Diadié Samassékou | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC.
  8. "Tournois FIFA Joueurs & Entraîneurs - Diadie SAMASSEKOU". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  9. "China PR vs. Mali - 29 June 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. Ouest-France (2 January 2024). "CAN 2024. La liste officielle du Mali pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  11. Diadie Samassékou at Soccerway
  12. "Diadie Samassékou". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  13. "Diadie Samassékou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  14. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  15. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  16. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA. 17 May 2018.