Personal information | |||
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Full name | Serigne Saliou Diop | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Senegal | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2024 | Challenge Football Center | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Brest | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2025 |
Serigne Saliou Diop (born 12 May 2005) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brest.
As a youth player, Diop joined the youth academy of Senegalese side Challenge Football Center. In 2024, he signed for French Ligue 1 side Brest, where he suffered an ankle injury. [1]
While playing for the club's reserve team, he scored fourteen goals in his first twelve appearances. [2] On 23 February 2025, he debuted for the senior team during a 0―0 away draw with Strasbourg in the league. [3]
Diop plays as a forward and is right-footed. Speaking to French newspaper Le Télégramme , French manager Franck Kerdilès described him as "a hard worker... a true 9 who's drawn to goal". [1]