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Abdoulaye Faye

1978 - Today

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Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender. Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc in his native Senegal before moving to French side Lens in 2002. After spending time out on loan at Istres he attracted the attentions of Sam Allardyce who signed him for Bolton Wanderers in July 2005. After two seasons at Bolton he followed Allardyce to Newcastle United where he spent one season before joining Stoke City in August 2008 for £2.25 million. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdoulaye Faye is the 4,870th most popular soccer player (up from 13,720th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 114th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Senegalese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 4,870 out of 21,273. Before him are Felipe Olivares, Kenichi Kawano, Rolando, Shuhei Shirai, José María Lavalle, and Kenta Hasegawa. After him are Anthony Modeste, Virgilio Levratto, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Kakoko Etepé, Milan Luhový, and Jean Tamini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 200. Before him are Four Tet, Thor Hushovd, Lauren Ridloff, In-Grid, Celestine Babayaro, and Philipp Plein. After him are Mohamed Aboutrika, Hiroyuki Tazawa, Lars Klingbeil, Ringo Sheena, Danijel Ljuboja, and Ivan Leko.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 37 out of 138. Before him are Birago Diop (1908), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Habib Thiam (1933), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), El Hadji Diouf (1981), and Amadou Dia Ba (1958). After him are Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Baaba Maal (1953), Marie Senghor Basse (1930), Aminata Touré (1962), Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara (1959), and Khalilou Fadiga (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Senegal

Among soccer players born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 12. Before him are Souleymane Sané (1961), Idrissa Gueye (1989), Aliou Cissé (1976), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), and El Hadji Diouf (1981). After him are Khalilou Fadiga (1974), Mamadou Niang (1979), Jules Bocandé (1958), Henri Camara (1977), Amara Traoré (1965), and Tony Sylva (1975).

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