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09 / Senegal · 2001–2008

Pape Bouba Diop

CDM box-to-box
Caps · Senegal
63
Goals · Senegal
11
Life
1978–2020
Clubs
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, Fulham, Portsmouth
#9
Editorial rank of 33 for Senegal
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Thirty minutes into the 2002 World Cup opener in Seoul, he forced the loose ball past France after Diouf's low cross, then laid his number 19 shirt by the corner flag and danced around it. Career record: 63 caps and 11 goals for Senegal; club career at Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, Fulham, Portsmouth.

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Career record

1997–1999ASC Jaraaf
1999–2000FC Vevey-Sports 05
2000–2001Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
2000–2002Grasshopper Club Zürich
2001–2004R.C. Lens
2004–2007Fulham
2007–2010Portsmouth
2010–2011AEK Athens
2011–2012West Ham United
2012–2013Birmingham City
Senegal63 caps, 11 goals

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Around Diop in the almanac

One rank above: Mamadou Niang at #8.

One rank below: Aliou Cissé at #10.

Senegal's editorial top five: Sadio Mané · Kalidou Koulibaly · El Hadji Diouf · Édouard Mendy · Idrissa Gana Gueye.

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