Profile Abou Diaby

Personal information

Full name : Vassiriki Abou Diaby
Date of birth : 11 May 1986 (age 24)
Place of birth : Aubervilliers, France
Height : 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position : Midfielder
Current club : Arsenal
Number : 2
Youth career :
1994–1998 Aubervilliers
1998–1999 Red Star Paris
1999–2002 Paris Saint-Germain
2002–2003 Auxerre
Senior career :
2003–2004 Auxerre B
2004–2005 Auxerre
2005– Arsenal
National team :
2004–2005 France U19
2006 France U21
2007– France

Club career

Early career

Diaby was born in Aubervilliers, a northeastern suburb of Paris, and originated his career playing for hometown club Aubervilliers. Diaby's quick progression at the amateur club led to a shift to regional semi-professional outfit Red Star Paris where he consumed a year. After retiring Red Star at age 13, Diaby gestured a youth contract with the businessman funds club Paris Saint-Germain, regardless being a Marseille supporter. Diaby retired the club afterwards pair years. While attending Paris-Saint-Germain, he also routinely attended categories at the famed Clairefontaine academy. He stringed Auxerre in 2002 and was a member of the Auxerre team that won the national U-16 championship that year. His bus at the time, Christian Henna, reported him as a "very good engineer, elegant, quick". He devised into a tall, potent midfielder. Diaby gestured as a businessman at Auxerre, playing seven suits in 2004–05 and six in the first half of 2005–06. His first suit for Auxerre's first team came as a last-minute substitute against Rennes on 14 August 2004.

Arsenal

2005–06 season
Before stringing Arsenal, Diaby reportedly declined a shift to Arsenal London's rivals Chelsea. He was given the figure two shirt, unfilled since the retirement of Lee Dixon. On 1 April 2006, Diaby came off the bench to score his first target for Arsenal in their 5–0 rout of Aston Villa, afterwards being set-up via fellow Arsenal newcomer Emmanuel Adebayor. Diaby suffered a breached leg and a dislocated ankle in a suit at Sunderland on 1 May 2006.

2006–07 season

Diaby prepared his return to first team movement as a 74th-minute substitute in Arsenal's 6–3 victory at Liverpool in the League Cup at Anfield on 9 January 2007. On 25 February 2007 in the League Cup final, Diaby by mishap kicked John Terry in the face as shortly as Diaby attempted to sweep the ball during a goalmouth scramble in the 58th minute. Unconscious, Terry was stretchered off and hospitalized, but recovered to return to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for the trophy presentation. Diaby scored his first and merely target of the 2006/07 season against Aston Villa on 14 March 2007 as shortly as he deflected in Julio Baptista's shot. Arsenal went on to win via 1–0.

2007–08 season

On 22 September 2007, Diaby scored his first target of the season in Arsenal's 5–0 win across Derby County via shooting a shot into the lid corner of the net. On 12 December, Diaby unlatched the scoring for Arsenal in their 2–1 win against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League. On 18 December, Diaby thereafter scored in Arsenal's 3–2 away win across Blackburn Rovers in the semi final of the League Cup. On 29 March 2008, Diaby was sent off against Bolton Wanderers for a studs-up tackle on Grétar Steinsson.[18] He scored his second Champions League target for Arsenal on eight April 2008 against Liverpool at Anfield. Arsenal went on to lose the game 4–2, 5–3 on aggregate.

2008–09 season

He scored his first Premier League target of the season in the 2–2 draw with Aston Villa on 26 December 2008.[20] Diaby done the season via scoring Arsenal's third target in the 4–1 win across Stoke City.

2009–10 season

Diaby began the season on the bench but a rear injury to fellow Arsenal midfielder Denílson permitted him to stake his assert as a first-team regular starter. Playing alongside Alex Song and Cesc Fàbregas, he became fraction of the dynamic 3-man midfield partnership and scored four targets ago picking upward an injury against Wolves. The injury jeopardised his position in the French squad for the World Cup play-off against Ireland. Diaby grasped his sixth target of the season against Aston Villa on 27 December 2009, nearly directly a year afterwards he scored his first Premier League target, coincidentally also against Villa. Diaby scored his sixth league target and seventh target of the season to aid Arsenal win 1–0 during a vital fixture at the Emirates Stadium against Liverpool on ten February 2010.

2010–11 season

On 21 August 2010, Diaby scored Arsenal's fourth target in their first home game of the season against Blackpool, which they won 6–0. He welcomed Bacary Sagna's traverse from the right hand side with a potent half-volley powered low into the bottom retired hand corner of the goal.
During a suit against Blackburn on 11 September 2010, he was injured afterwards a contest via Paul Robinson. Due to the injury, he missed the following minority sport for Arsenal.

International career

Diaby was capped 14 times for the France U-19 side, captaining the team in their successful U-19 European Championship campaign in 2005. In February 2006, he prepared his début with the France U-21 squad.

Diaby had been expected to play in the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final against FC Barcelona, as well as the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, but he missed out due to a breached and dislocated ankle.

On 15 March 2007, he was paged upward to the French senior squad for their pair forthcoming fixtures, earning his début for France on 24 March as shortly as he came on for Florent Malouda in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania. He accrued a beginning position in the chasing suit, playing 57 minutes against Austria, the game ending in a 1–0 victory for France.

In May 2010, Diaby was dubbed in the French World Cup squad. On 11 June 2010, Abou was handed a beginning position in France's opportunity Group A fixture in Cape Town against Uruguay and was France's best entertainer in the goalless draw.