Solo Diabate is a two-time BAL champion, with Zamalek in 2021 and US Monastir in 2022.
15 Facts About Solo Diabate
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On February 16,2017, Solo Diabate signed with the French team Chalons-Reims, after starting the season with MZT Skopje.
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Solo Diabate helped Zamalek win the first first-ever championship of the Basketball Africa League after winning the finals.
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On 28 September 2021, Solo Diabate was loaned to Al Ittihad to play in the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship.
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On 10 February 2022, Solo Diabate signed with US Monastir ahead of the 2022 BAL season.
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Solo Diabate helped Monastir win the championships by winning the 2022 BAL Finals.
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Solo Diabate became the first player ever to win two BAL championships.
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In September 2022, Solo Diabate signed a contract for Petro de Luanda in Angola to play in both the Angolan League and BAL.
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Solo Diabate won the 2023 Angolan Cup with the team, as well as the Angolan Basketball League title.
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Solo Diabate joined Libyan club Al Ahly Benghazi for the 2024 BAL qualification tournaments.
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Solo Diabate posted BAL career-highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, and was named to the BAL All-Defensive First Team after the season.
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On 10 August 2024, Petro de Luanda announced that they signed Solo Diabate, who returned after one year.
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Solo Diabate was a member of the Ivory Coast national basketball team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.
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On 19 June 2015, Solo Diabate was one of 27 players to be named to the Ivory Coast's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Championship by head coach Hugues Occansey.
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Solo Diabate played with Ivory Coast at AfroBasket 2021 in Rwanda and got his second silver medal.