Moustapha Name
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Moustapha Name[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pafos | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | AS Douanes | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Pau FC | 56 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Paris FC | 67 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Pafos | 56 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2020– | Senegal | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022 |
Moustapha Name (born 5 May 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Senegal national team.
Club career
[edit]AS Douanes
[edit]Moustapha Name started his career at AS Douanes in his native Senegal in 2016. During the 2017–18 season, he scored ten goals in the Senegal Premier League.[citation needed]
Pau
[edit]In 2018, Name joined Pau and adapted quickly to French football in the Béarnese capital. In his second season, he occasionally captained the team.[citation needed]
In the 2019–20 Coupe de France, Pau reached the round of 16 and lost to a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) side that went on to win the entire competition.[citation needed] The 2019–20 season was very successful for both Name and Pau; Pau achieved promoted to Ligue 2, and Name's displays against Ligue 1 heavyweights Bordeaux and PSG in the Coupe de France helped him make a name for himself.[citation needed]
Paris FC
[edit]On 27 June 2020, Name signed with Paris FC after successful seasons with Pau in the Championnat National.[2] He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 3–0 Ligue 2 win over Chambly on 22 August 2020.[3]
International career
[edit]Name debuted with the Senegal national team in a 2–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Guinea Bissau on 11 November 2020.[4]
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[5][6]
Name was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 22 May 2024[8]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pau FC | 2018–19 | Championnat National | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
2019–20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 5 | ||
Total | 56 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 9 | ||
Paris FC | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 |
2021–22 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 10 | ||
2022–23 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 69 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 15 | ||
Pafos | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 |
2023–24 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
Total | 56 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 7 | ||
Career total | 181 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 200 | 31 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Cypriot Cup
Honours
[edit]Pafos
Senegal
Orders
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Senegal (SEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 25. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Bri, Kévin (27 June 2020). "Moustapha Name rejoint le Paris FC".
- ^ "Chambly vs. Paris FC - 22 August 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Sénégal – Guinée-Bissau (2–0) / Moustapha Name : " Une excellente première pour moi ... " – Equipe nationale Football, Football". 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Cisse unveils Senegal squad, hopes for elusive TotalEnergies AFCON title". Confederation of African Football. 25 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Senegal 0–0 Egypt". BBC Sport. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Cash prizes, real estate, and highest honours as Senegal celebrates Nations Cup heroes". Reuters. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Cheikhou Kouyaté". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Καρτσάκης, Νίκος (18 May 2024). "Ομόνοια - Πάφος 0-3: Έγραψαν ιστορία οι Παφίτες, κατακτώντας το πρώτο Κύπελλο της ιστορίας τους". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Moustapha Name at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Dakar
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Senegal men's international footballers
- Ligue 1 (Senegal) players
- Championnat National players
- Ligue 2 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AS Douanes (Senegal) players
- Paris FC players
- Pau FC players
- Pafos FC players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal