Tacko Diabira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 April 1999 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur | 19 | (16) |
| 2024 | → Aigles de la Médina | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Mauritania | 11 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025 | |||
Tacko Diabira (Arabic: تاكو ديابيرا;[1] born 28 April 1999) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Senegalese AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur and the Mauritania women's national team. of which she is jointly the top scorer.
Club career
Due to the virtually non-existent state of women's football in Mauritania, largely because of religious and cultural factors, Diabira moved to Senegal, where some of her family lives, and joined AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur in the women's championship to pursue better opportunities for her football career.[2] During the 2023–24 season, she emerged as the league's top scorer, netting 16 goals in 19 appearances.[3]
International career
Diabira has represented Mauritania internationally since the inception of the women's national team in 2019, receiving her first call-up for the team's historic debut match against Djibouti.[4] Where she made her international debut in a 1–3 loss to les Gazelles.[5] In August of that same year, she took part in the 2019 COTIF Women's Football Tournament in Alcúdia, Spain, where she scored Mauritania's only goal of the competition in a match against the Villarreal CF under-19 team.[6] Diabira became a regular fixture for Les Mourabitounes, earning a place in the squad for all of Mauritania's international regional tournaments, including the UNAF Tunisia 2020, the WAFU A Cape Verde 2023, and the WAFU A Mauritania 2025. In the latter, she made history by scoring Mauritania's first-ever goal in a competitive regional tournament, equalizing against Liberia to earn the team their first-ever point.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diabira goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 May 2025 | Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania | Liberia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2025 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup |
References
- ^ "Announcement of the national women's team squad called up for the two matches against Guinea-Bissau". madar.mr (in Arabic). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Tacko Diabira: Go to the end of the world to live her passion". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Tacko Diabira : meilleure buteuse au Sénégal". rimsport.net (in French). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Football Féminin : Abdoulaye Diallo à dévoilé sa sélection pour le match amical contre le Djibouti ET le tournoi international du COTIF". initiativesnews.com. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "La sélection Féminine de Mauritanie s'incline (3-1) devant les "Gazelles" de Djibouti". cridem.org (in French). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Kunti, Samindra (13 August 2019). "Ending the idea that 'girls don't play football in Mauritania'". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
Tacko Diabira scored Mauritania's only goal
- ^ "Tournoi WAFU-A Dames : les féminines arrachent le nul face au Liberia". rimsport.net (in French). Nouakchott. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
External links
- Tacko Diabira at Global Sports Archive
- Tacko Diabira at AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur (in French)