Great to see Newcastle United’s Ousmane Diabaté develop for club and country over the summer.
The midfielder, signed at the age of 18, will be confirmed with the purchase of nine players.
Despite only being 18 years old, Ousmane Diabaté was already a full international for Guinea and was also first choice for Gençlerbirliği, playing as a defensive midfielder.
The teenager has been returned to the Turkish Superliga club for the rest of this season to get first team football.
Gaining regular football as a starter at club level, Ousmane Diabaté started today for Guinea in an important AFCON group qualifier. The teenager played the second half in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat against South Africa.
Today he is a starter for Guinea and one of only two players to start in midfield and attack, although he has played a full match.
Ousmane Diabaté, who turned 19 a week ago, has a lot of responsibility on his young shoulders.
The United teenager, who impressed in midfield and helped his team win over Kenya, Guirassy scored the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute.
Ousmane Diabaté didn’t attract many headlines when he signed for Newcastle United, but he has great potential and it’s great to see him getting so much first-team football as he looks to develop his game and eventually challenge for first-team football at NUFC.
This is the September and October 2026 international schedule for Newcastle United players:
Thursday, September 24
Ivory Coast 2 Ghana 0
Bazumana Toure, who came off the bench in the 86th minute, has already won 2-0 in this AFCON group qualifier.
DR Congo 2 Equatorial Guinea 0
Yoane Wissa scored in the 72nd minute to secure victory in this AFCON group stage.
Friday September 25
Italy 0 Belgium 2
Matias Fernandez-Pardo came off the bench in the 83rd minute to help see out victory in this Nations League match.
England U21s 4 Kazakhstan U21s 2
An untapped sub as Lewis Miley and England’s youth team win this European Championship Qualifier.
Iceland U21 1 France U21 1
Aladji Bamba was an unused sub but Ewen Jaouen played the full game as France took an early lead but let it slip in the second half, thus ending this European Championship Qualifier draw.
Netherlands U21 0 Norway U21 0
Sean Steur made his under-21 debut in the 83rd minute of this goalless European Championship Qualifier.
Saturday, September 26
England 2 Spain 3
Lewis Hall is an unused sub as England lose this Nations League five-goal thriller.
Czech Republic 1 Croatia 2
Defeat for Lukas Hornicek and his international teammates in this Nations League clash. The Newcastle United keeper conceded goals in the 47th and 77th minutes, either side of an equalizer for the Czech Republic in the 54th minute.
South Africa 2 Guinea 1
Summer signing Ousmane Diabate’s side were 1-0 down from the bench in the second half as Guinea equalized but still lost this AFCON group qualifier.
Monday September 28th
Zimbabwe 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 2
Yoane Wissa scored the first goal and assisted the second as the Democratic Republic of Congo won 2-0 in this AFCON qualifier. Zimbabwe scored a consolation goal in extra time.
Belgium 0 France 1
Matias Fernandez-Pardo scored a superb goal to win this Nations League match in the 85th minute and Michael Olise in the 88th minute.
Tuesday, September 29
Estonia U21 0 France U21 2
Aladji Bamba and Ewen Jaouen played full matches in this European Under-21 Championship qualifying group stage win.
Somalia 0 Ivory Coast 2
Bazumana Toure comes on in the 65th minute in this AFCON qualifier. The Ivory Coast crushed Somalia but the Newcastle winger opened them up in the 89th minute and Toure’s cross was only to be tapped home by Gboho. The United star then scored an own goal when it rebounded off the post and hit the rebound into the roof of the net.
Czech Republic 0 England 2
Lewis Hall was the star in this win against the Czech Republic, who were one man down after 25 minutes. Anthony Gordon combined brilliantly down the left to give the United star man of the match award. The less we say about most of his teammates, the better! Gordon opened the scoring with a very clever header, Kane then converted a free-kick from ten yards with the ball falling kindly. “Newcastle” player Lukas Horniček is watching this Nations League match from the bench.
Thursday, October 1
Guinea 1 Kenya 0
Ousmane Diabate played the full game as Guinea won this AFCON group qualifier, great to see the Newcastle United teenager win so much first team football for his national team and on loan at a club in Turkey.
Germany v Serbia (Malik Tiav (and Nick Voltemade)) Nations League
Friday, October 2
Congo DR – Uganda (John Wissa) Friendly match
Belgium – Turkey (Matias Fernandez-Pardo) Nations League
England U21 and Slovakia U21 (Lewis Miley) European Championship Qualifier
Slovenia U21 – Netherlands U21 (Sean Steur) European Championship qualifying round
Saturday, October 3
Ivory Coast – Cameroon (Bazumana Toure) Friendly match
Croatia – England (Lewis Hall) Nations League
Spain – Czech Republic (Lukas Horniček) Nations League
France U21 and Luxembourg U21 (Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen) European Championship qualifying round
Sunday, October 4
Greece v Germany (Malik Tiav (and Nick Voltemade)) Nations League
Monday October 5th
Uganda v DR Congo (John Wissa) Friendly match
France – Belgium (Matias Fernandez-Pardo) Nations League
Tuesday, October 6
England – Czech Republic (Lewis Hall, Lukas Hornicek) Nations League
Republic of Ireland U21 vs England U21 (Lewis Miley) European Championship Qualifiers
France U21 and Switzerland U21 (Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen) qualifying round of the European Championship
Netherlands U21 – Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 (Sean Steur) European Championship Qualifier