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Papa Gueye

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Papa Gueye
Gueye with Metalist Kharkiv
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Metalist Kharkiv (vice-president)
Youth career
1999–2002 Douanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Douanes 16 (0)
2004–2006 Volyn Lutsk 27 (0)
2006–2015 Metalist Kharkiv 211 (5)
2015–2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 32 (0)
2016 Rostov 5 (0)
2017 Aktobe 9 (0)
2018–2019 Karpaty Lviv 14 (0)
2019–2020 Dnipro-1 13 (0)
2020–2021 Metalist Kharkiv 8 (1)
Total 335 (6)
International career
2012 Senegal Olympic 4 (0)
2012 Senegal 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Papa Gueye (born 7 June 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and current vice-president of Metalist Kharkiv.

Career

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On graffiti in Kharkiv, 2010
Papa Gueye with Rostov in 2016

Born in Dakar, Senegal, Gueye grew up in a family of school director (father) and a teacher (mother). He started playing football at 6 years old, attending a football club at school. In 1999, he enrolled in the school football club AS Douanes (Senegal).

Metalist Kharkiv

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In 2006 Gueye moved from Volyn Lutsk to Metalist Kharkiv where he played as a central defender and a defensive midfielder.[1] After more than 10 years in Kharkiv he signed a contract with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Rostov

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On 31 August 2016, Gueye signed for Russian Premier League side FC Rostov.[2]

FC Aktobe

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On 23 February 2017, Gueye signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.[3]

Dnipro-1

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In 2019 he moved from Karpaty Lviv to Dnipro-1.[4]

International

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When the Metalist coach Myron Markevych was placed as the head coach of the Ukraine national football team in 2010, there were talks of naturalization of Gueye.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7][8]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Volyn Lutsk 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League 12 0 0 0 12 0
2005–06 15 0 1 0 16 0
Total 27 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
Metalist Kharkiv 2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League 24 1 6 0 30 1
2007–08 29 0 1 0 30 0
2008–09 25 0 3 0 10 0 38 0
2009–10 30 2 1 0 4 1 35 3
2010–11 20 1 0 0 8 0 28 1
2011–12 24 0 0 0 13 2 37 2
2012–13 25 0 0 0 10 0 35 0
2013–14 29 1 3 0 2 0 34 1
2014–15 5 0 2 0 5 0 12 0
Total 211 5 16 0 52 3 279 8
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
2015–16 22 0 5 0 6 0 33 0
Total 32 0 7 0 6 0 45 0
Rostov 2016–17 Russian Premier League 4 0 1 0 5 0
Aktobe 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 9 0 1 0 10 0
Career total 283 5 26 0 58 3 367 8


International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2012 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Metalist Kharkiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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References

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  1. ^ "Маркевич: "Папа Гуйе - интеллектуал"". football.ua. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с Ростовом". fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). FC Rostov. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с футбольным клубом Актобе". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Офіційно: Папа Гуйе – гравець СК "Дніпро-1"" (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ Шаг навстречу. Луис Адриано и еще 8 иностранцев, рассчитывавших на сборную Украины
  6. ^ "P.Gueye". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Papa Gueye". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Профайл гравця". ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Football Federation Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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