Pape Diakhaté
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| Pape Diakhaté | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pape Malick Diakhate | |
| Date of birth | June 21, 1984 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | |
| Height | 1.84 m | |
| Playing position | Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | AS Nancy | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001- | AS Nancy | 120 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 2005- | Senegal | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pape Diakhaté (born June 21, 1984 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional football (soccer) player, currently with AS Nancy.
Diakhaté has been at Nancy since his youth, and made his Ligue 2 debut on October 20, 2001, playing the first half of the 2-0 win over LB Châteauroux. Originally a left-back and capable of playing as a wide midfielder, he is recognised mainly as a centre-back.
He played 25 league matches the following season, and has appeared regularly for the club, although his 2003-04 season was severely disrupted by injury.
2004-05 brought Diakhaté favourable recognition, winning a place in France Football's team of the season and also a full international call-up from Senegal. After Nancy's promotion to Ligue 1 in 2005, Diakhaté was also part of the Senegalese team that finished fourth in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.
Diakhaté is seen as a leading defender for the future and has therefore been linked to a number of larger clubs such as Juventus, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Schalke and Stuttgart as well as Lyon. However, he has recently pledged his long-term future to Nancy admist reports he is set to join a leading Ligue 1 club.
[edit] External links
- Career stats at lfp.fr
- Official club profile
| AS Nancy - Current Squad |
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1 Bracigliano | 2 Guerriero | 3 Diakhaté | 4 Lécluse | 5 André Luiz | 6 Berenguer | 7 Duchemin | 8 Biancalani | 9 Kim | 10 Dia | 11 Zerka | 13 Macaluso | 14 Hamdani | 15 Keita | 16 Sorin | 17 Curbelo | 18 Sarkissian | 19 Sapina | 20 Chrétien | 21 Rudolf | 22 Dosunmu | 23 Brison | 24 Gavanon | 25 Adaílton | 26 N'Guémo | 27 Sauget | 28 Puygrenier | 31 Chouleur | - Hadji | Manager: Correa |
