Djibril Diop (footballer)

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Djibril Diop
Personal information
Full name Djibril Thialaw Diop
Date of birth (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Thiès, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Yverdon-Sport
Number 4
Youth career
2013–2017 Génération Foot
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Génération Foot
2021–2022 Hassania Agadir 24 (2)
2022–2024 Viking 42 (2)
2024– Yverdon-Sport 8 (0)
International career
2019– Senegal 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:27, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Djibril Thialaw Diop (born 6 January 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Yverdon-Sport.

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Career

Born in Thiès, Senegal, Diop started his career with Génération Foot in 2013. [1] He made his senior debut for the club in 2017. [2] In August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Moroccan Botola club Hassania Agadir. [3] On 31 August 2022, the last day of the summer transfer window, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking. [4] [2] On 2 October 2022, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 loss against Aalesund. [5]

International career

On 28 July 2019, he made his international debut for Senegal in a 2020 African Nations Championship qualification match against Liberia. [1]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 February 2025 [6] [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hassania Agadir 2021–22 Botola 24200242
Viking 2022 Eliteserien 712091
2023 Eliteserien24141282
2024 Eliteserien11020130
Total42281503
Yverdon-Sport 2024–25 Swiss Super League 801090
Career total744910000835

References

  1. 1 2 3 Djibril Diop at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 "FIFA har godkjent Diop-kjøpet: Slik beskriver Viking ham". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. "Transfert: Djibril Thialaw s'engage avec l'US Agadir au Maroc". Africa Foot United (in French). 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. "Kan ha sikret seg senegalesisk landslagsspiller - venter på svar fra FIFA". Eurosport (in Norwegian). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Djibril Diop at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. Djibril Diop at Soccerway