Abdoulaye M'Baye (footballer)

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Abdoulaye M'Baye
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-13) 13 November 1973 (age 49)
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
ASC Diaraf
Stade Marocain
Wydad de Fès
1998–1999 Wydad Casablanca
1999–2000 Club Africain
2000–2001 Tromsø 28 (9)
2002 Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili 26 (8)
2003 Vålerenga 3 (0)
2005 Aalesund 9 (1)
International career
1998–2000 Senegal 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdoulaye M'Baye (born 13 November 1973) is a Senegalese former professional football striker who played abroad in Morocco, Tunisia, Norway and China and for the national team.

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Club career

M'Baye purportedly started his career in ASC Diaraf, and then played in Morocco for Stade Marocain, Wydad de Fès and WAC Casablanca. [1] M'Baye joined Club Africain in 1999, but went on to European football and Tromsø IL in June 2000. [2] The transfer reportedly went through after agent Jon Thorstensen used singer Jørn Hoel as a liaison towards Tromsø. [3] In the 2001 Tippeligaen he became Tromsø's top scorer with 6 goals, but the team was relegated. [4]

In 2002 he left Tromsø, first going on trial with IK Start where he scored in four pre-season friendlies in a row. Set to sign for Start according to an interview on 6 March, [5] two days later the same newspaper reported his signing for Chinese Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili. [6] He scored 8 goals, but only carried out one year of his contract. [7] In 2003 he did not play competitively for the first eight months of the year, until being signed by Vålerenga Fotball for the remainder of the season. [8] In March 2005 he joined Aalesunds FK on a one-year contract. [9] After fulfilling it he moved home to Senegal to commence various business ventures. [4]

International career

M'Baye was capped for Senegal [7] and was a squad member for the 2000 African Cup of Nations. [10]

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References

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  2. Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (21 June 2000). "Skal la beina snakke for meg". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 28.
  3. Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (23 June 2000). "Jørn Hoel tipset TIL om M'Baye". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. 1 2 Robertsen, Rune (11 March 2017). "Slik vurderer vi TILs afrikanske topper og flopper". iTromsø (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  5. Grindstein, Gunnar (6 March 2002). "M'Baye blomstrer". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  6. Grindstein, Gunnar; et al. (8 March 2002). "M'Baye til Kina". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  7. 1 2 National Football Teams
  8. "M'Baye til Vålerenga". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 August 2003. p. 25.
  9. "M'baye klar for Aalesund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 March 2005.
  10. Weltfussball