[2] He was nicknamed Diwa as a distortion of the Tunisian Arabic word doua which means "dilettante spirit".

[7] Between 1955 and 1962, Diwa played for the Stade Tunisien senior team for seven seasons, making 144 appearances and scoring 96 goals.

[8] He helped Stade Tunisien reach the Tunisian National Championship,[1] scoring four goals in the promotion playoffs.

[11] In 1957, he was interested in playing for French team Le Havre, but did not make the move.

[8] After retiring as a player, Diwa was a coach at AS Djerba in 1972, Espérance in 1974, CS Chebba from 1978 to 1980, and Stade Tunisien in 1981.