Papa Alioune Diouf
Papa Alioune Diouf (born 22 June 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Swedish club Kalmar FF. He made two appearances for the Senegal national team between 2010 and 2012.
 Diouf in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Papa Alioune Diouf | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kalmar FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Touré Kunda | ||
| 2009–2011 | Dakar UC | ||
| 2011 | → Litex Lovech (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2012–2019 | Kalmar FF | 164 | (23) |
| 2019–2021 | İstanbulspor | 44 | (10) |
| 2021 | Boluspor | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Ermis Aradippou | ||
| 2022– | Kalmar FF | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | Senegal | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:47, 8 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:45, 10 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in Dakar, Senegal, Papa Diouf started his career at Touré Kunda, before moved to Dakar Université Club in 2009.
On 20 February 2011, the Bulgarian Litex Lovech confirmed Diouf has joined on loan until the end of the season. He made his A PFG debut on 27 February, coming on as a 52nd-minute substitute for Dejan Djermanović in the 3–0 victory over Minyor Pernik; he then scored his first goal for the club 38 minutes later.
Kalmar FF
On 20 September 2011, Swedish club Kalmar FF confirmed that they had reached a deal with Dakar UC regarding Diouf, as of 1 January 2012 he would go on a six-month loan to Kalmar, together with Archford Gutu from Dynamos Harare, Zimbabwe.[1] On 14 March Kalmar FF announced that they had decided to sign both Gutu and Diouf before Allsvenskan had started.[2]
International career
Diouf earned his first cap with the Senegal national team as a substitute in a friendly against the Mexico on 10 May 2010.
References
- "Afrikansk landslagsduo till Kalmar FF" (in Swedish). kalmarff.se. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- "Archford och Papa stannar" (in Swedish). kalmarff.se. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- "VÄLKOMMEN TILLBAKA, PAPA DIOUF!" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
External links
- Papa Alioune Diouf at National-Football-Teams.com
- Papa Alioune Diouf at Soccerway
- Papa Alioune Diouf at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
