Cheick Diabate is an English central defender, born on 21 January 2002 (age 24), whose senior career is shaped above all by his spell at St Johnstone. At 6ft 4in (1.92m), he brings obvious size to the back line, and he has worn the number 3 shirt for the Perth club.
His main body of work has come in the Premiership with St Johnstone, where he has made 36 league appearances across two seasons and scored five league goals. The 2025-26 campaign was his most productive, with four goals in 34 league appearances – a useful return for a central defender, even allowing for the modern taste for set-piece specialists.
In 2026-27, Diabate has added two further league appearances and one league goal for St Johnstone. His career remains centred on Perth: a tall English defender building his senior record there, with his most substantial football so far coming in a St Johnstone shirt.
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