Kalifa Samassekou

Defensive Midfielder - FC Diarra U18
13 Aug 2026
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Process

Marked for Kalifa Samassekou

2 Edition

The FC Diarra Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A move Suleiman Mojereola would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Suleiman Mojereola is living that version at FC Diarra, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad

Sfundo Nzama signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sfundo Nzama and FC Diarra agree another 3 years.

Squad

Imad Rqioui in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FC Diarra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

FC Diarra promote Falaye Sidibe from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Falaye Sidibe has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Lassana Sidibe joins the FC Diarra first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lassana Sidibe is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Kalifa Samassekou steps up from the FC Diarra academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kalifa Samassekou has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief