Pape Thiaw

Pape Thiaw

Thiaw as Senegal manager in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Pape Bouna Thiaw
Date of birth	(1981-02-05) 5 February 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Senegal (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Saint-Étienne	1	(0)
1999	SR Delémont	2	(0)
1999–2000	Istres	25	(6)
2000–2001	Lausanne-Sport	24	(11)
2001–2002	Strasbourg	10	(4)
2002	→ Dynamo Moscow (loan)	6	(3)
2002–2003	Lausanne-Sport	15	(4)
2003–2004	Metz	26	(12)
2004–2007	Deportivo Alavés	26	(11)
2007	→ Lorca (loan)	8	(3)
2007–2008	US Créteil	15	(8)
2009	Atlético Ciudad	11	(7)
Total		169	(69)
International career
2001–2003	Senegal	16	(5)
Managerial career
2018–2021	Niarry Tally
2022–2024	Senegal A'
2024–	Senegal
Medal record Men's football Representing   Senegal (as manager) Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2025 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pape Bouna Thiaw (born 5 February 1981) is a Senegalese football manager and a former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Senegal national football team.

Playing career

He played for several clubs in France, Switzerland and Spain, as well as Dynamo Moscow in Russia on a six-month loan from Strasbourg.

He played for Senegal national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored 5 goals for his country.

In 2008, while playing for US Créteil in France, Thiaw was reported to have been placed under a mandat de dépôt (detention warrant) in connection with a domestic violence case. French media reported that he was tried in absentia and accused of breaking his wife’s nose, facing a potential one year prison sentence. He did not appear at the hearing, resulting in an arrest warrant and a firm one year sentence. ^[1]

Coaching career

Thiaw was the manager of the Senegal A' national team that won the 2022 African Nations Championship. ^[2] African Nations Championship limits the squads to players from the domestic league. The main Senegal squad that participates in the FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations and includes players from the foreign clubs was managed by Aliou Cissé. Thiaw was appointed coach of the Senegal national football team on 13 December 2024, following the latter dismissal two month before. ^[3]

In October 2025, he led Senegal to qualify to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. ^[4] In January 2026, Thiaw coached Senegal to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Morocco 1–0 in extra time. ^[5] During the AFCON final, he urged his players to leave the field in protest after the referee awarded Morocco a penalty in stoppage time, which prompted disciplinary proceedings against him after the match. ^{[6] [7]} This led to him being banned for five games and fined $100,000 for "unsporting conduct" and "bringing the game into disrepute" by the Confederation of African Football. ^[8]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2001	10	5
	2002	5	0
	2003	1	0
Total		16	5

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thiaw goal.

List of international goals scored by Pape Thiaw

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 January 2001	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	1–0	1–1	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[10]
2	21 July 2001	Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Namibia	1–0	5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[11]
3				3–0
4	4 October 2001	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France	Japan	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[12]
5	26 December 2001	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Burkina Faso	1–1	2–4	Friendly	[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 18 January 2026

Team	From	To	Record								Ref
			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Senegal	2 December 2024	Present	21	17	3	1	49	8	+41	080.95
Total			21	17	3	1	49	8	+41	080.95

Honours

Manager

Senegal

• African Nations Championship: 2022
• Africa Cup of Nations: 2025

References

1. "Pour violence conjugale : le joueur sénégalais Pape Thiaw placé sous mandat de dépôt" (in French). Seneweb / Ferloo.com. 2008.
2. "Senegal gear up for a promising CHAN return". CAFOnline.com . 18 December 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
3. "Afrique foot Football: Pape Thiaw choisi pour succèder à Aliou Cissé comme sélectionneur du Sénégal". www.rfi.fr. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
4. "Senegal Defeats Mauritania and Qualifies for the 2026 World Cup with a Sadio Mané Double". beIN SPORTS. 14 October 2025.
5. "Senegal beat Morocco thanks to Gueye strike in extraordinary AFCON 2025 final: Live updates and reaction". The New York Times. 19 January 2026.
6. "Senegal Coach Apologizes After AFCON Final Scandal". beIN SPORTS. 19 January 2026.
7. "AFCON 2025: CAF could heavily sanction Pape Thiaw". Africa Top Sports. 19 January 2026.
8. "Senegal boss Thiaw banned after Afcon final chaos". BBC. 29 January 2026.
9. "Pape Thiaw". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
10. "Uganda vs. Senegal". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
11. "Namibia vs. Senegal". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
12. "Senegal vs. Japan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
13. "Senegal vs. Burkina Faso". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

External links

• Pape Thiaw at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Pape Thiaw at National-Football-Teams.com