Mamadou Niang vs Pape Bouba Diop
Senegal against Senegal. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Mamadou Niang
Senegal · 2005–11 · SS
- Almanac rating
- 84
- Rank in Senegal
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 59 · 19 goals
- Clubs
- ES Troyes AC, RC Strasbourg Alsace, Olympique de Marseille
Marseille had waited eighteen years for a league title when their captain finished 2009-10 as Ligue 1's leading scorer on 18 goals, part of the 71 he scored in 155 league games for the club. That season brought the championship and the Coupe de la Ligue, adding to the 2005 League Cup with Strasbourg; he later won the 2011 AFC Champions League with Al Sadd and scored 20 goals in 59 games for Senegal. Career record: 59 caps and 19 goals for Senegal; club career at ES Troyes AC, RC Strasbourg Alsace, Olympique de Marseille.
Pape Bouba Diop
Senegal · 2002–08 · CDM
- Almanac rating
- 84
- Rank in Senegal
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 63 · 11 goals
- Clubs
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, Fulham, Portsmouth
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. Three goals made him Senegal's top scorer at a World Cup that ended in the quarter-finals, and he was an Africa Cup of Nations runner-up months earlier; he later came off the bench in Portsmouth's 2008 FA Cup final win. Career record: 63 caps and 11 goals for Senegal; club career at Neuchâtel Xamax FCS, Fulham, Portsmouth.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 84.
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