Djibril Diaw

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Djibril Diaw
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Personal information
Full name Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw
Date of birth (1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Laval
(on loan from Rukh Lviv)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Jeanne d'Arc
2012–2014 Yeggo
2014–2015 Port Autonome
2015–2016 Geel 3 (0)
2016–2019 Korona Kielce 68 (4)
2019–2021 Angers II 3 (0)
2019–2021 Angers 1 (0)
2019Caen (loan) 5 (0)
2021 Žalgiris 25 (2)
2022– Rukh Lviv 0 (0)
2022Arka Gdynia (loan) 6 (0)
2022–Laval (loan) 46 (6)
International career
2019 Senegal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019

Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw (born 31 December 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 2 club Laval. He is also under contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Rukh Lviv, but that contract is suspended. [2]

Contents

Club career

After fours years in Senegal, Pape Diaw went through Geel and Korona Kielce before signing a two-year contract with Angers SCO in January 2019. [3]

On 27 June 2019, he was loaned one season-long to Ligue 2 club Caen. [4]

On 22 February 2021, he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. [5] He left the club on 23 January 2022. [6]

Shortly after, he signed with Ukrainian side Rukh Lviv. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his contract was suspended under new FIFA rules, which allowed players to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022. [7] On 21 March 2022, he returned to Poland, signing a short-term deal with I liga club Arka Gdynia. [8]

On 20 June 2022, he was loaned to French Ligue 2 side Laval. [9]

International career

He made his debut for the Senegal national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mali, as a starter. [10]

Honours

Žalgiris

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References

  1. Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  2. Djibril Diaw at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. "PAPE DJIBRIL DIAW, C'EST SIGNÉ !". angers-sco.fr. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. "PAPE DJIBRIL DIAW ARRIVE EN PRÊT AU STADE MALHERBE" (in French). SM Caen. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ""Žalgirį" papildė gynėjas iš Senegalo".
  6. ""Žalgiris" sutarė dėl D.Diaw perėjimo į Ukrainą".
  7. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. "Djibril Diaw nowym obrońcą Arki" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  9. "Le mercato du Stade Lavallois est lancé !" (in French). Laval. 20 June 2022.
  10. "Senegal v Mali game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.