Lamine Diatta

Lamine Diatta (born 2 July 1975) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He works as team coordinator of Senegal, appointed by head coach Aliou Cissé in 2015.

During his 14-year professional career, Diatta played for clubs in France, Turkey, England, Scotland, Qatar and Tunisia.

Club career Born in Dakar, Senegal, The deal was finally confirmed by the club on 14 March after a week of confusion. He made his first team debut for Newcastle as a substitute in a Premier League match against Reading on 5 April but was released on 15 May.

Diatta joined Stoke City on trial in January 2009. On 20 March, however, he signed for Hamilton Academical on a short-term deal until the end of the season.

After just one month, on 25 April, the 33-year-old Senegalese defender left Hamilton to join Al Ahli Doha in Qatar.

Without a club since his release from Al Ahli he participated in trials in Singapore without being snapped up by a club.

He then joined Étoile Sportive du Sahel of the CLP-1 in Tunisia.

In December 2011 he signed a short-term deal with Championship team Doncaster Rovers, where fellow countrymen El Hadji Diouf and Habib Beye also played for the club.

International career Being the Senegal's captain, he has played 71 games for his national side, scoring four goals. He also played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Style of play Diatta was the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence, and is also tough in the air, which provides a threat in attacking set-pieces.

Honours Lyon Ligue 1: 2004–05, 2005–06 Trophée des Champions: 2005

Senegal Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2002