Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw (born 31 December 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 2 club Laval. He is also under contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Rukh Lviv, but that contract is suspended.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Laval (on loan from Rukh Lviv) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Jeanne d'Arc | ||
| 2012–2014 | Yeggo | ||
| 2014–2015 | Port Autonome | ||
| 2015–2016 | Geel | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Korona Kielce | 68 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | Angers II | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Angers | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Caen (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021 | Žalgiris | 25 | (2) |
| 2022– | Rukh Lviv | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Arka Gdynia (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Laval (loan) | 30 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Senegal | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019 | |||
Club career
After fours years in Senegal, Pape Diaw went through Geel and Korona Kielce before signing a two-year contract with Angers SCO in January 2019.[3]
On 27 June 2019, he was loaned one season-long to Ligue 2 club Caen.[4]
On 22 February 2021, he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. [5] He left the club on 23 January 2022.[6]
Shortly after, he signed with Ukrainian side Rukh Lviv. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his contract was suspended under new FIFA rules, which allowed players to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022.[7] On 21 March 2022, he returned to Poland, signing a short-term deal with I liga club Arka Gdynia.[8]
On 20 June 2022, he was loaned to French Ligue 2 side Laval.[9]
International career
He made his debut for the Senegal national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mali, as a starter.[10]
Honours
Žalgiris
References
External links
- Djibril Diaw at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Djibril Diaw at Soccerway
- Djibril Diaw at National-Football-Teams.com
- Elhadji Pape Diaw at Angers SCO
- Djibril Diaw – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French