Born on the 30th of October in 2001, on the very homeland of football's mavericks, the Ivory Coast, the one and only Mohamed Diomande currently graces the Scottish Premiership with his presence. Sporting the much-coveted number 10 jersey for the Rangers, he's chief wheeler-dealer in the middle of the park and stands a towering six feet (1.83m) tall. With a weight of 11 stone 11lb (75kg) to boot, he's certainly not one to be pushed around. And why should he be, when he's represented the grandeur of the Ivory Coast national team?
In his early days, around the turn of the decade in 2020, Diomande daringly ventured forth from the proud Right to Dream Academy in Ghana's First Division. Neither cliffs nor oceans could halt his journey, which took him to the new pastures of FC Nordsjaelland in the hurly-burly of Denmark's Superliga. There, he honed his craft as a central midfielder over the seasons, trotting out onto the pitch in the club's proud colours numerous times and notching up a respectable tally of goals in the process.
After a thoroughly decent amount of time in the Danish top flight - highlighted by no less than 32 appearances and five goals in the season of 2022 - 2023 - our boy Diomande was beckoned by the call of the bagpipes. Matched by the dulcet tones of the crowd at Ibrox, he took his career stateside, moving on loan to Rangers in January 2024. Under the grey Scottish skies, he managed to put the spherical object (also known as a football) into the net twice in 13 appearances.
Apparently, the Rangers board must have seen some spark in him, or perhaps they just liked the cut of his jib, because they decided to part with a tidy sum and keep him around. The deal, according to Transfermarkt, saw FC Nordsjaelland pocket around £4.3m. With his embarrassing wealth of footballer-sized pay cheques now secure, Diomande took to the field with Rangers a full 36 times in the 2024 - 2025 season, managing to convert four opportunities into goals.
We now find him in the 2025 - 2026 season, where he has already made 24 pitch-side ventures for Rangers, leading to a solitary goal. Still, it's early doors and who knows what twists and turns await our Ivory Coast export in the current season. Given his track record, he's sure to be causing defences a few headaches, whether in the Premier League, the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, the Champions League Qualifiers, or the Europa League. With Diomande, one thing's for sure - it's never a dull moment.
