Senegal · 2001–03El Hadji Diouf
Rating
88
Caps
70
Goals
24
Life
1981
Clubs
R.C. Lens, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers
#3
Editorial rank of 33 for Senegal
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
On 31 May 2002 in Seoul he burst down the left and drove in the low cross that Papa Bouba Diop forced over the line, and Senegal beat holders France 1-0 on their World Cup debut. Back-to-back African Footballer of the Year awards in 2001 and 2002 sat alongside a place in the 2002 World Cup All-Star team, a run to the quarter-finals, the Africa Cup of Nations final that February, and the League Cup with Liverpool in 2003. Career record: 70 caps and 24 goals for Senegal; club career at R.C. Lens, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers.
Career record
| 1998–1999 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| 1999–2000 | Stade Rennais |
| 2000–2002 | R.C. Lens |
| 2002–2004 | Liverpool |
| 2004–2008 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 2008–2009 | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| 2009–2011 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 2011–2011 | Rangers |
| 2011–2012 | Doncaster Rovers |
| 2012–2014 | Leeds United |
| 2014–2015 | Sabah |
| Senegal | 70 caps, 24 goals |
Shared the era
Senegal legends whose careers overlapped Diouf's