Kandet Diawara

Kandet Diawara is a French midfielder born in Lille on 10 February 2000. He developed at RC Lille Bois Blancs and Iris Club Lambersart before joining the RC Lens academy in 2012 and later reaching its reserve side. After leaving Lens in 2020, Diawara moved to Cyprus, joining POX FC and then APOEL Nicosia, where he made his professional debut. A loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni in 2022–23 provided regular senior football. He returned to France with Le Havre in 2023, subsequently having loan spells at US Concarneau and Pau FC. Diawara then spent a brief period with 1. FC Magdeburg before joining Estac Troyes. Operating mainly from the left, he uses his right foot to cut inside and combine in the half-spaces, and he has also represented Guinea internationally.