Toronto FC signs well-travelled Norwegian forward Adama Diomande
Toronto FC has signed veteran Norwegian ahead Adama Diomande by means of 2024 with an possibility for 2025.
Diomande, who turns 33 subsequent month, was with Norway’s Odds BK most lately however beforehand performed for Toronto head coach Bob Bradley at Norway’s Stabaek (2015) and Los Angeles FC (2018).
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“He is a confirmed striker with huge expertise enjoying in MLS and Europe. His sensible runs, athletic presence, and talent to complete within the field will instantly affect our assault,” Bradley stated in an announcement.
Bradley, who doubles as TFC’s sporting director, had been trying so as to add to a strike power that options Jesus Jimenez, Ayo Akinola, Deandre Kerr and Jordan Perruzza with Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi manning the wings.
Diomande had 24 targets and 11 assists in 52 appearances throughout all competitions for LAFC from 2018 to 2020. Nine of these targets got here in his first seven MLS video games, together with the primary hat-trick in LAFC’s historical past on June 30, 2018.
He had eight targets and 7 assists in 2019 when LAFC gained the Supporters’ Shield.
Diomande left Los Angeles in August 2020, with the membership saying his contract was terminated by mutual settlement after he made the workforce conscious of a “personal situation.”
Diomande started his profession on the youth academies of Holmlia, Valerenga and FK Lyn in Norway, making his professional debut with Lyn in October 2008.
He went on to play for IL Hodd and Stromsgodset Toppfotball in Norway earlier than becoming a member of Belarus’s Dinamo Minsk, Stabaek and England’s Hull City.
The well-travelled Diomande has additionally had stints with Dubai CSC within the United Arab Emirates, Cangzhou Mighty Lions in China, and Al-Sailiya SC and Al-Arabi SC in Qatar.
Diomande has gained 11 caps for Norway, making his debut in opposition to Azerbaijan in a Euro 2016 qualifying match in June 2015.
In April 2020, Diomande confirmed his FIFA soccer online game expertise when he and esports-pro Martin (RemiMartinn) Oregel gained the primary episode of the eMLS Tournament Special.
Toronto, which picked up Diomande off waivers, is at present in pre-season coaching in San Diego.
