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| Thiaw as Senegal manager in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pape Bouna Thiaw | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1981 | ||
| 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) |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Senegal | 16 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2021 | Niarry Tally | ||
| 2022–2024 | Senegal A' | ||
| 2024– | Senegal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pape Bouna Thiaw (born 5 February 1981) is a Senegalese professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Senegal national football team.
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.
Thiaw was the manager of the Senegal A' national team that won the 2022 African Nations Championship. [1] 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. [2]
In October 2025, he led Senegal to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win percentage | ||||
| Senegal | 2 December 2024 | Present | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 78.57% | |
| Total | ||||||||||
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