Lamine Diawara is a Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an basketball player with Al Ittihad Aleppo in Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

. A member of the Mali national basketball team

Mali national basketball team

Mali national basketball team is a basketball team in Mali. They are yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Their best finish at the FIBA Africa Championship was in 1972 where they ended with a bronze medal.- African Championship record :...

, Diawara was both the import player of the year and player of the year in 2005-06 in Syria. Prior to playing in Syria, Diawara played with Anibal Zahle

Aníbal

Carlos Ignacio Carrillo Contreras was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler known under the ring name Aníbal. Carrillo made his debut in November, 1963, but it would not be until 1965 where he adopted the enmascarado character Aníbal, named after the Carthagenian general Hanibal...

 in the Lebanese Basketball League

Lebanese Basketball League

The Lebanese Basketball League or FLB League or BANKMED FLB League is the top basketball league in Lebanon and one of the top leagues in Asia. It is organised annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation . The Men Division A made up of...

. He stands 6'10 (206 cm) and is the brother of USO Mondeville Basket's Nare Diawara

Nare Diawara

Nare Diawara is a Malian professional women's basketball center with the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars. Diawara was drafted in the third round of the 2007 WNBA Draft. She played collegiately at Virginia Tech, US....

 and Diéné Diawara

Diéné Diawara

Diéné Diawara is a Malian women's basketball player with Limoges ABC of the French Ligue Féminine de Basketball. Diawara also competes for the Mali women's national basketball team. At the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 in Senegal, she helped her squad win the tournament, qualifying it...

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