{"id":166001,"date":"2026-04-05T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166001"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:20:31","slug":"how-yan-diomande-went-from-unknown-teen-to-bundesliga-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166001","title":{"rendered":"How Yan Diomande Went From Unknown Teen to Bundesliga Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/asJSWCzWyZg?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Yan Diomande has burst onto the scene in his first season at Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. His journey from C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, via Florida, to the Bundesliga is charted by those who helped him along the way. We tell the story of his incredible rise. Is he going to be Africa&#8217;s next superstar?<\/p>\n<p>________________________<\/p>\n<p>Unique stories from the world of sports and a glimpse into the beautiful game that has captivated millions of fans across the world. DW Kick off! examines the world through sports \u2013 from football\u2019s biggest stars to the hyper-passionate athletes breaking new ground, we\u2019ve got it all covered.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b8 subscribe: https:\/\/goo.gl\/Y799RK<br \/>\n\u25b8 help us create subtitles: https:\/\/goo.gl\/fz2L61<br \/>\n\u25b8 our channel:    \/ dwkickoff    <\/p>\n<p>Website: http:\/\/dw.com\/sports<\/p>\n<p>We kindly ask viewers to read and stick to the DW netiquette policy on our channel: https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/MF1G<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=asJSWCzWyZg\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yan Diomande has burst onto the scene in his first season at Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. His journey from C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, via Florida, to the Bundesliga is charted by those&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":166002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}