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Ali Dia

1965 - Today

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Aly Dia (born 20 August 1965), commonly known as Ali Dia, is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. In November 1996, Dia convinced Graeme Souness, the Southampton manager, that he was the cousin of FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or winner George Weah, which led to him signing a one-month contract with Southampton days later. Dia played only one match in his short spell at the club. He came on as a substitute in a league game, but was then himself substituted. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Dia is the 712th most popular soccer player (up from 4,303rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ali Dia ranks 712 out of 21,273. Before her are Óscar Míguez, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Yoshiichi Watanabe, Geoff Hurst, Juan Román Riquelme, and Imre Schlosser. After her are Teruo Nimura, Giorgio Chinaglia, Jean Djorkaeff, Thomas N'Kono, Pak Seung-zin, and Herbert Kilpin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Ali Dia ranks 67. Before her are Andrea M. Ghez, Jan-Ove Waldner, Lucinda Riley, Nigel Short, Linda Evangelista, and Fernanda Torres. After her are Nicholas Sparks, Elizabeth Hurley, Katarina Witt, Valeria Golino, Sunita Williams, and Martin Lawrence.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Ali Dia ranks 8 out of 138. Before her are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdou Diouf (1935), Patrick Vieira (1976), Youssou N'Dour (1959), and Ousmane Sembène (1923). After her are Macky Sall (1961), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Mariama Bâ (1929), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Sadio Mané (1992), and Lamine Diack (1933).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Senegal

Among soccer players born in Senegal, Ali Dia ranks 2. Before her are Patrick Vieira (1976). After her are Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Souleymane Sané (1961), Idrissa Gueye (1989), Aliou Cissé (1976), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), El Hadji Diouf (1981), and Abdoulaye Faye (1978).

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