Omar Daf

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Omar Daf
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-12) 12 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Amiens (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1995 US Gorée
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Westerlo 2 (0)
1996–1997 Thonon-Chablais 4 (0)
1997–2009 Sochaux 188 (0)
2009–2012 Brest 78 (1)
2012–2013 Sochaux 5 (0)
Total277(1)
International career
1998–2012 Senegal 55 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2022 Sochaux
2022–2023 Dijon
2023– Amiens
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Daf (born 12 February 1977) is a Senegalese football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ligue 2 club Amiens. A Senegal international with French nationality, Daf represented his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He played as a full-back, but could also play at centre-back.

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Club career

Born in Dakar, Daf began playing football with US Gorée. At age 17, a Belgian football scout, Karel Brokken, recruited him to Belgian Second Division side K.V.C. Westerlo, where he began his professional career. A year later, Daf joined French Championnat National 2 side Thonon-Chablais, before embarking on a 12-year spell with Sochaux in 1997. [1]

Managerial career

In November 2018, Daf became manager of Sochaux. [2] In January 2019, he extended his contract until 2021. [3]

In June 2023, Daf was appointed as the manager of Ligue 2 club Amiens. [4]

Honours

Senegal

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References

  1. Sané, Mamadou Lamine (23 January 2012). "La force tranquille" (PDF) (in French). Enquete Plus.
  2. Okeleji, Oluwashina (26 November 2018). "Senegal's Omar Daf appointed as new coach of French side Sochaux". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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