Bradley Diallo

Bradley Diallo
Diallo (right) playing for Oldham Athletic
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Metaloglobus București
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2009 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Marseille B
2011–2012 Oldham Athletic 15 (0)
2012–2013 RWS Bruxelles 10 (0)
2014–2017 LA Galaxy II 58 (3)
2017 LA Galaxy 18 (0)
2018–2019 Gaz Metan Mediaș 16 (0)
2019 Politehnica Iași 17 (0)
2020 Chindia Târgoviște 10 (1)
2020–2022 FC U Craiova 38 (2)
2022 SJK 4 (0)
2023 FC Brașov 6 (1)
2023– Metaloglobus București 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024

Bradley Diallo (born 20 July 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian Liga II club Metaloglobus București. Although he started out as a left back, he developed into a very competent centre back in the second part of his career.

Career[edit]

Marseille[edit]

He had previously played for Olympique de Marseille, coming up through the youth ranks and making his first competitive start for the club in October 2009. He featured in 4 first team friendly games.[1]

Oldham Athletic[edit]

On 19 August 2011, he signed for Oldham Athletic on a five-month contract.[2] On 20 August 2011, he made his Football League debut as a 90th-minute substitute, coming on for Reuben Reid in a 2–0 victory over rivals Rochdale.[3] On 3 September 2011, in a game against local rivals Huddersfield Town, Diallo assisted Shefki Kuqi with a pinpoint cross after a run from the left flank but was later shown a straight red card in the 76th minute for a foul on Oscar Gobern.[4] After serving his suspension Diallo picked up a hamstring injury and was out of action for two and a half months. After recovering he again suffered the same injury in his first match back, due to being rushed into action too quickly. He was taken off after only 14th minutes in a reserves match against Bolton.[5]

RWS Bruxelles[edit]

After a successful trial with RWS Bruxelles, Bradley Diallo signed a professional contract with the club in January 2013. He put pen to paper on a 18-month contract with the club, with an option to extend.[6] Bradley Diallo made his debut on 2 February 2013 against Sportkring Sint-Niklaas.[7]

LA Galaxy[edit]

Bradley joined the USL Pro team the LA Galaxy II ahead of their inaugural 2014 season.[8] Bradley made his league appearance debut for the LA Galaxy II on 13 April 2014 against fellow USL Pro side Sacramento Republic FC. In 2017, Diallo moved to the first team and played 18 games with LA Galaxy before departing for Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș.

Romania[edit]

On 17 July 2018, Gaz Metan Mediaș announced the signing of Bradley Diallo.[9]

On 26 June 2019, Politehnica Iași announced the signing of Bradley Diallo.[10]

On 23 January 2020, Diallo signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Chindia Târgoviște.[11]

Finland[edit]

On 1 July 2022, Diallo signed with SJK in Finland until the end of 2022.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Diallo is of Malian descent.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 12 June 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 2011–12 League One 15 0 0 0 1[b] 0 16 0
RWS Bruxelles 2012–13 Belgian Second Division 10 0 10 0
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL Pro 21 0 1 1 22 1
2015 USL Championship 24 2 0 0 24 2
2016 USL Championship 6 1 0 0 6 1
2017 USL Championship 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 58 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 59 4
LA Galaxy 2017 MLS 18 0 1 0 19 0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2018–19 Liga I 16 0 1 0 17 0
Politehnica Iași 2019–20 Liga I 17 0 1 0 18 0
Chindia Târgoviște 2019–20 Liga I 10 1 10 1
FC U Craiova 2020–21 Liga II 11 2 1 0 12 2
2021–22 Liga I 27 0 1 0 28 0
Total 38 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 2
SJK 2022 Veikkausliiga 4 0 0 0 0[c] 0 0 0 4 0
SJK Akatemia 2022 Kakkonen 1 0 1 0
Brașov 2022–23 Liga II 6 1 6 1
Metaloglobus București 2023–24 Liga II 10 0 1 2 11 2
Career total 203 7 7 3 0 0 1 0 211 10

Honours[edit]

FC U Craiova

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bradley Diallo at Olympique de Marseille". YouTube. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Oldham sign defenders Bradley Diallo and Nathan Clarke". BBC Sport. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Oldham 2-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Oldham 1-1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Diallo Injury Update". Oldham Athletic. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Bradley Diallos Signs 18 month Contract with White Star Bruxelles (White Star Woluwe)". R. White Star Bruxelles. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Bradley Diallos Debut for White Star Bruxelles (White Star Woluwe)". R. White Star Bruxelles. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  8. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ^ Mihaitalazarica (17 July 2018). "4 jucători au fost prezentați oficial la Gaz Metan Mediaș" (in Romanian). Gaz Metan Mediaș. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ^ Mihaitalazarica (26 June 2019). "Poli Iași, la un pas de primele transferuri ale verii: Bradley Diallo și Juan Pablo Passaglia » Moldovenii îl vor și pe Sebastian Mailat de la CFR Cluj" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  11. ^ Mihaitalazarica (23 January 2020). "Bun venit, Diallo și Berisha!" (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Puolustaja Bradley Diallo sopimukseen SJK:n kanssa" (in Finnish). SJK. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Bradley Diallo :: Bradley Diallo :: Universitatea Craiova".
  14. ^ Bradley Diallo at Soccerway

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