Amara Diané

Amara Diané (born 19 August 1982 Bingerville, Ivory Coast ) is a footballer. Since summer 2008 the striker in Qatar with Al - Rayyan Sports Club is under contract.

Career

Association

Diané ran for the youth teams of FC Mantes and ASEC Abidjan before he started his professional career in 2002 at the U.S. Roye. In 34 games he scored 26 goals and thus drew attention to itself. Just one year later, he joined the then French second division club Stade Reims. After two seasons of the winger signed in the Ligue 1 and joined Racing Strasbourg on. For a fee of 3 million Euros he exchanged after one year the club and signed with his current employer in Paris. In the 2007 /08 season he was top scorer of the capital club. Despite this performance, he left the club and signed a four -year contract in Qatar with Al - Rayyan Sports Club. As a reason for the change was due to higher earnings Diané at his new employer.

National

On 18 August 2006 Diané was nominated for the first time for the national team of the Ivory Coast. Due to an injury he could not take advantage of this opportunity. On September 15th of the same year he was appointed the second time, but was not in a friendly against Sweden for use. Only in March 2007, he was allowed to represent the colors of his home country on the soccer field, as it was used in the qualifier for the African Cup against Madagascar. 3-0 victory for the elephants he also marked his first goal in the same National Dress.