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 Guédiawaye, Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2017–2022 Lyon B 13 (2)
2017–2022 Lyon 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Celta (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 → Dijon (loan) 21 (0)
2022 Aris 10 (0)
2023 Elche 2 (0)
International career‡
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U19 10 (0)
2018 Spain U21 3 (0)
2020 Senegal 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020

Pape Cheikh Diop Gueye (born 8 August 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] A youth international for Spain, he plays for the Senegal national team.

Club career

Youth

Diop was in Spain in the time at the age of 1 month. 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]

Loan to Dijon

On 6 August 2020, Diop signed for Ligue 1 club Dijon 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] Diop made his debut for Dijon in a 1–0 loss to Angers on 22 August 2020.[11]

Aris

On 29 June 2022, Diop put pen to paper to a two-year contract with Super League Greece club Aris.[12]

Elche

On 14 February 2023, Free agent Diop joined La Liga side Elche after trialling with the side, he was signed to a contract on until the end of the season.[13]

International career

Born in Senegal and raised in Spain, Diop was a youth international for Spain. In September 2018, Diop declared his international allegiance to Spain.[14] He switched, and first represented the Senegal national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to Morocco on 9 October 2020.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 July 2022
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celta 2015–16 La Liga 6020———80
2016–17 16130—00—191
Total 22150—00—271
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 100010——20
2018–19 12040205[lower-alpha 1]0—230
2021–22 00000000—00
Total 130403050—250
Celta (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 16030———190
Dijon (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 2101000——220
Career total 721130305000931

Honours

Spain U19

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. ↑ "Dijon 0 – 1 Angers Lineups". en.as.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Άρης μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Ντιόπ για τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια". www.sport24.gr. 29 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "OFICIAL | El Elche incorpora a Cheikh". Elche CF. 14 February 2023.
  14. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (25 September 2018). "Pape Cheikh Diop chooses to play for Spain over Senegal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Morocco vs. Senegal - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  16. ↑ "Spain see off Russia for seventh Under-19 crown". UEFA.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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