{{short description|French professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = Mamoutou Diarra au Quai54 2025 (1).jpg | caption = Mamoutou Diarra at [[Quai 54]] (2025). | name=Mamoutou Diarra | position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6.75 | weight_lbs = 225 | league = | team = Free agent | number = | nationality = French-Malian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], France | college = [[INSEP]] (1997–1999) | draft_year = 2002 | career_start = 1999 | career_end = 2018 | years1 = 1999–2000 | team1 = AS Bondy 93 | years2 = 2000–2005 | team2 = [[Paris Racing Basket]] | years3 = 2005–2007 | team3 = [[Élan Chalon]] | years4 = 2007–2009 | team4 = [[PAOK BC|PAOK]] | years5 = 2009 | team5 = [[Air Avellino]] | years6 = 2010 | team6 = [[Chorale Roanne Basket|Chorale Roanne]] | years7 = 2010–2011 | team7 = [[Cholet Basket]] | years8 = 2011–2013 | team8 = [[JSF Nanterre]] | years9 = 2014 | team9 = [[Orléans Loiret Basket]] | years10 = 2014–2016 | team10 = [[Olympique Antibes]] | highlights = }} [[File:ScandoneAvellino-MensSanaSiena 29112009.jpg|thumb|ScandoneAvellino-MensSanaSiena 29112009.jpg]] '''Mamoutou Diarra''' (born 21 May 1980) is a French-Malian former professional [[basketball]] player.
==Professional career== Diarra began his professional career with AS Bondy 93 of the [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball#Pro B|French Second Division]] in 1999. He then moved to the [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball#Pro A|French First Division]] club [[Paris Racing Basket]], where he played from 2000 to 2005. He then moved to [[ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône|Chalon]], where he played from 2005 to 2007.
He played with the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] club [[PAOK BC|PAOK]] from 2007 to 2009. He then joined the [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] club [[Air Avellino]], before moving to the French League club [[Chorale Roanne Basket|Chorale Roanne]]. In 2010, he moved to the Greek League club [[Maroussi BC|Maroussi]].,<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/74783/180/maroussi-nabs-diarra-at-forward Euroleague.net - Maroussi nabs Diarra at forward.]</ref><ref>[http://www.basketnet.gr/main/1/a1/articles/1/diarra-marousi.html Basketnet.gr - Μαρουσιώτης ο Ντιαρά! {{in lang|el}}] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817163437/http://www.basketnet.gr/main/1/a1/articles/1/diarra-marousi.html |date=2010-08-17 }}</ref> but due to the economic problems of the Greek club he returned to French [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball#Pro A|Pro A]] signing a one-year contract with [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101007122943/http://www.thehoopsmarket.com/news/cholet-signs-mamotou-diarra-to-a-one-year-contract.aspx Cholet signs Mamotou Diarra to a one-year contract]}}</ref> In March 2014, he signed with [[Orléans Loiret Basket]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Orleans add Diarra to their roster|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/France/basketball.aspx?NewsID=356714|accessdate=27 March 2014|newspaper=Eurobasket.com}}</ref>
In June 2014, he signed with [[Olympique Antibes]] of the [[LNB Pro B]].<ref>[http://www.sharks-antibes.com/index.php/actus/news/transferts/item/549-le-parrain-choisit-les-sharks "Le Parrain" choisit les Sharks !] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726021204/http://www.sharks-antibes.com/index.php/actus/news/transferts/item/549-le-parrain-choisit-les-sharks |date=2014-07-26 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> After two seasons, he left Antibes.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/200654/mamoutou-diarra-leaves-antibes-sharks.html Mamoutou Diarra leaves Antibes Sharks]</ref>
==National team career== As a member of the senior men's [[France national basketball team|French national basketball team]], Diarra won the bronze medal at [[EuroBasket 2005]], and he also played at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]].
==Personal life== Diarra is the brother of the rapper [[Oxmo Puccino]].
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=DIA-MAM-80 Italian League profile] {{in lang|it}} *[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=18485 Eurobasket.com profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151029102934/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6012827/tid/6000201/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
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