Mohamed Diomande

Mohamed Diomande

Diomande in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Baba Diomande[1]
Date of birth	(2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Yopougon, Ivory Coast[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder left winger
Team information
Current team	Rangers
Number	10
Youth career
2013–2020	Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2024	Nordsjælland	96	(11)
2024–	Rangers	73	(7)
International career‡
2023–2024	Ivory Coast U23	1	(0)
2024–	Ivory Coast	8	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:04, 15 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2025

Mohamed Baba Diomande (born 30 October 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left winger for Scottish Premiership side Rangers and the Ivory Coast national team.

Growing up in Wassakara in the Yopougon suburb of the Ivorian capital of Abidjan,[3] Diomande came to the Danish club FC Nordsjælland through the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana. He made his professional debut on 19 February 2020 in a Danish Superliga match against AC Horsens, starting at central midfield in the 6–0 home win before being replaced in the 60th minute by Clinton Antwi.[4] Diomande was subsequently praised by head coach Flemming Pedersen, who stated that "[h]e covers a large area of the pitch [...] he's a good dribbler and physically strong. When he adjusts to the Superliga, he will also become one of our most important players."[5] He finished his first season as a senior player with 15 total appearances.[6]

Diomande scored his first goal for Nordsjælland on 13 September 2020, the first matchday of the 2020–21 season, in a 3–2 loss to Brøndby IF.[7]

On 26 January 2024, Diomande joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a loan with an obligation to buy deal.[8] He made his debut for Rangers on 6 February 2024, coming on as a 85th minute substitute, replacing Todd Cantwell during a Scottish Premiership match at home to Aberdeen.[9] He scored his first Rangers goal in a 3–0 victory away to St Johnstone on 18 February 2024.[10]

On 15 December 2024, Diomande scored Rangers second goal in the 2024 Scottish League Cup final.[11][12]

Born in the Ivory Coast, Diomande is of Ghanaian descent.[13] He was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s in March 2023. He has since been called up to the Ghana National Team due to his early career.[14]

Diomande made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Gabon at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium. He substituted Jean Michaël Seri in the 78th minute of a 1–0 Ivory Coast victory.[15]

As of match played 15 February 2026[6] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nordsjælland	2019–20	Danish Superliga	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
	2020–21	Danish Superliga	11	3	2	0	—		—		13	3
	2021–22	Danish Superliga	25	3	1	1	—		—		26	4
	2022–23	Danish Superliga	32	5	4	3	—		—		36	8
	2023–24	Danish Superliga	13	0	1	1	—		7[c]	0	21	1
	Total		96	11	8	5	—		7	0	111	16
Rangers	2023–24	Scottish Premiership	13	2	4	0	—		2[d]	0	19	2
	2024–25	Scottish Premiership	36	4	2	0	4	1	12[e]	1	54	6
	2025–26	Scottish Premiership	24	1	1	0	2	0	11[f]	1	38	2
	Total		73	7	7	0	6	1	25	2	111	10
Career total			169	18	15	5	6	1	32	2	222	26

As of match played 11 June 2025 Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	2024	4	0
	2025	4	0
Total		8	0

Individual

• Danish Superliga Team of the Month: July 2023[16]