Djibril Diaw

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Djibril Diaw
Personal information
Full name Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw
Date of birth (1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Botoșani
Number 23
Youth career
ASC Bastos
–2011 Wallidann Derklé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Jeanne d'Arc 12 (3)
2012–2014 Yeggo 32 (0)
2014–2015 Port Autonome 29 (0)
2015–2016 Geel 3 (0)
2016–2019 Korona Kielce 68 (4)
2019 Angers B 3 (0)
2019–2021 Angers 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Caen (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2020 → Caen B (loan) 6 (0)
2021–2022 Žalgiris 25 (2)
2022–2024 Rukh Lviv 0 (0)
2022 → Arka Gdynia (loan) 6 (0)
2022–2024 → Laval (loan) 46 (6)
2024–2025 Bordeaux 9 (0)
2025– Botoșani 14 (0)
International career
2014–2016 Senegal Olympic 1 (0)
2019 Senegal 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026

Elhadji Pape Djibril Diaw (born 31 December 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I club Botoșani.[2]

Club career

After fours years in Senegal, Pape Diaw went through Geel and Korona Kielce before signing a two-year contract with Angers SCO in January 2019.[3]

On 27 June 2019, he was loaned one season-long to Ligue 2 club Caen.[4]

On 22 February 2021, he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. [5] He left the club on 23 January 2022.[6]

Shortly after, he signed with Ukrainian side Rukh Lviv. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his contract was suspended under new FIFA rules, which allowed players to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022.[7] On 21 March 2022, he returned to Poland, signing a short-term deal with I liga club Arka Gdynia.[8]

On 20 June 2022, he was loaned to French Ligue 2 side Laval.[9]

International career

He made his debut for the Senegal national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mali, as a starter.[10]

Honours

Žalgiris[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Djibril Diaw" (in French). Bordeaux. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Djibril Diaw at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "PAPE DJIBRIL DIAW, C'EST SIGNÉ !". angers-sco.fr. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "PAPE DJIBRIL DIAW ARRIVE EN PRÊT AU STADE MALHERBE" (in French). SM Caen. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ↑ ""Žalgirį" papildė gynėjas iš Senegalo".
  6. ↑ ""Žalgiris" sutarė dėl D.Diaw perėjimo į Ukrainą".
  7. ↑ "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Djibril Diaw nowym obrońcą Arki" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Le mercato du Stade Lavallois est lancé !" (in French). Laval. 20 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Senegal v Mali game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Elhadji Pape Diaw". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2025.