Pape Cheikh Diop

Pape Cheikh Diop Gueye (born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO, on loan from Olympique Lyonnais.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Diop and the second or maternal family name is Gueye.
Pape Cheikh Diop
Diop with Celta in 2017
Personal information
Full name Pape Cheikh Diop Gueye
Date of birth (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dijon
(on loan from Lyon)
Youth career
2011–2012 CIA
2012–2013 Montañeros
2013–2015 Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Celta B 21 (2)
2015–2017 Celta 22 (1)
2017– Lyon B 12 (2)
2017– Lyon 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Celta (loan) 15 (0)
2020– → Dijon (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U19 10 (0)
2018 Spain U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2019

Born in Senegal, Diop declared his international allegiance to Spain in September 2018.

Club career

Youth

Born in Dakar, Diop arrived in Spain in 2011 at the age of 14. After representing Club Internacional de la Amistad and Montañeros CF, he joined Celta de Vigo's youth setup in 2013.[2]

Celta

Diop made his senior debut with the reserves on 23 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 Segunda División B away win against CD Lealtad.[3] He scored his first goal eight days later, netting the last in a 5–0 home routing of UP Langreo.[4]

On 11 August 2015, Diop signed a new five-year deal with the club, running until 2020.[5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 12 December of that year, replacing Nolito in the dying minutes of a 1–0 home success over RCD Espanyol.[6]

Diop scored his first goal in the main category on 27 November 2016, netting the last in a 3–1 home win against Granada CF. The following 31 January, he extended his contract until 2021 and was definitely promoted to the main squad, being assigned the number 4 jersey.[7]

Lyon

On 29 August 2017, Lyon announced the signing of Diop on a five-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Celta was reported as €10 million with €4 million of possible bonuses.[8] On 14 August 2019, after featuring sparingly, he returned to his former side Celta on loan for the 2019–20 campaign.[9]

Dijon (loan)

On 6 August 2020, Diop signed for Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO on loan for one season. The deal included an option to buy of €5 million plus an additional €1.5 million in bonuses, and a 15% sell-on fee clause.[10]

International career

In September 2018, Diop declared his international allegiance to Spain.[11]

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References
  1. "Pape Cheikh Diop joins Dijon on loan from Lyon". goal.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Pape Cheikh, el todoterreno celeste" [Pape Cheikh, the allrounder celeste] (in Spanish). Canteira Celeste. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. "La efectividad del Celta B condena al Lealtad" [The effectiveness of Celta B condemns Lealtad] (in Spanish). Vavel. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. "El Langreo recibe un serio correctivo de un Celta B muy superior" [Langreo receives a serious corrective from a much superior Celta B] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. "El Celta renueva a los canteranos Pape, Diego Alende y De Paz" [Celta renews the youth players Pape, Diego Alende and De Paz] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. "Aspas mira a la Champions" [Aspas aims to Champions] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. "Pape Cheikh amplía su contrato con el Celta hasta el 2021" [Pape Cheikh extends his contract with Celta until 2021] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. "Transferts : Pape Cheikh Diop (Celta Vigo) à Lyon (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  9. "Pape redondea la 'alineación' de canteranos del RC Celta: 11 jugadores de casa" [Pape round up the 'line-up' of RC Celta youth graduates: 11 home-grown players] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. "Transferts : Pape Cheikh Diop à Dijon (officiel)". L’Équipe (in French). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. Okeleji, Oluwashina (25 September 2018). "Pape Cheikh Diop chooses to play for Spain over Senegal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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