Papa Alioune Diouf

Papa Diouf
	Diouf in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Papa Alioune Diouf
Date of birth	22 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	forward, winger
Team information
Current team	Oskarshamn
Number	77
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Touré Kunda
2009–2011	Dakar UC
2011	→ Litex Lovech (loan)
2012–2019	Kalmar
2019–2021	İstanbulspor
2021	Boluspor
2021–2022	Ermis Aradippou
2022	Kalmar
2022–2023	Brindisi
2023–	Oskarshamn
International career‡
2010–2012	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2019

Papa Alioune Diouf (born 22 June 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Swedish club Oskarshamn. He made two appearances for the Senegal national team between 2010 and 2012.

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]

Return to Kalmar FF

On 21 June 2022, Diouf returned to Kalmar FF until the end of the 2022 season.^[3] After that, he played half a year for Serie D club SSD Brindisi FC before returning to Sweden and Kalmar's smaller neighboring club Oskarshamns AIK.^[4]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Litex Lovech

Bulgarian A PFG: 2010–11

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.
^ "Officielt:Oskarshamns AIK värvar Papa Diouf" (in Swedish). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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)

[1] "Afrikansk landslagsduo till Kalmar FF" (in Swedish). kalmarff.se. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[2] "Archford och Papa stannar" (in Swedish). kalmarff.se. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[3] "VÄLKOMMEN TILLBAKA, PAPA DIOUF!" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[4] "Officielt:Oskarshamns AIK värvar Papa Diouf" (in Swedish). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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