Alou Diarra

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Personal information
Alou Diarra
Date of birth	July 15, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Villepinte, France
Height	1.90 m (6' 3")
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olympique Lyonnais
Number	15
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-00 2000-02 2002-05 2002-03 2003-04 2004-06 2006-	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Bayern Munich Liverpool Le Havre (loan) SC Bastia (loan) RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais	3 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 25 (0) 35 (4) 66 (4) 4 (0)
National team²
2004-	France	11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 8, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alou Diarra (born July 15, 1981 in Villepinte) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent. He is a midfielder who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais.

Diarra started out at CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, before moving to Bayern Munich in 2000. He did not play any matches for the Bayern's first team, and spent a period on loan to SC Freiburg. In 2002 he was signed by Gérard Houllier's Liverpool, but never played a competitive match for the Reds either; instead, he had loan spells at Le Havre AC and SC Bastia. He spent the whole of the 2004-05 season at RC Lens, before making the move permanent in the close season. At Lens, he has become a first-team regular, and made his debut for France; as of 18 June 2006, he has ten caps for his country. This included coming on as a second half substitute for Patrick Vieira in the 2006 World Cup Final against Italy, which France went on to lose on penalties 5-3. Following the World Cup, he was involved in rumors of a transfer to Italian side, A.S. Roma during the 2006 Summer Transfer window. However he finally went to Lyon to replace the departured Mahamadou Diarra who was sold to Real Madrid for £17,700,000.

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FR Profile and pictures on sitercl.com

	France squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Landreau \| 2 Boumsong \| 3 Abidal \| 4 Vieira \| 5 Gallas \| 6 Makélélé \| 7 Malouda \| 8 Dhorasoo \| 9 Govou \| 10 Zidane \| 11 Wiltord \| 12 Henry \| 13 Silvestre \| 14 Saha \| 15 Thuram \| 16 Barthez \| 17 Givet \| 18 Diarra \| 19 Sagnol \| 20 Trézéguet \| 21 Chimbonda \| 22 Ribéry \| 23 Coupet \| Coach: Domenech

Olympique Lyonnais - Current Squad
1 Coupet \| 2 Clerc \| 3 Cris \| 4 Müller \| 5 Caçapa \| 6 Källström \| 7 Baroš \| 8 Juninho \| 10 Malouda \| 11 Fred \| 12 Réveillère \| 14 Govou \| 15 Diarra \| 18 Ben Arfa \| 19 Benzema \| 20 Abidal \| 21 Tiago \| 22 Wiltord \| 23 Berthod \| 25 Hartock \| 28 Toulalan \| 29 Squillaci \| 30 Vercoutre \| 31 Hima \| 34 Rémy \| 36 Idangar \| 38 Benhamida \| 39 Bettiol \| Manager: Houllier