Djibril Diop (footballer)
{{short description|Senegalese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Djibril Diop
| fullname = Djibril Thialaw Diop
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|1|6}}
| birth_place = Thiès, Senegal
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Yverdon-Sport
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1 = 2013–2017
| youthclubs1 = Génération Foot
| years1 = 2017–2021
| clubs1 = Génération Foot
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = Hassania Agadir
| caps2 = 24
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2022–2024
| clubs3 = Viking
| caps3 = 42
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Yverdon-Sport
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = Senegal
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 08:27, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 10:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
}}
Djibril Thialaw Diop (born 6 January 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Yverdon-Sport.
Career
Born in Thiès, Senegal, Diop started his career with Génération Foot in 2013. He made his senior debut for the club in 2017. In August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Moroccan Botola club Hassania Agadir.{{cite web|url=https://africafootunited.com/transfert-djibril-thialaw-sengage-avec-lus-agadir-au-maroc/|title=Transfert: Djibril Thialaw s'engage avec l'US Agadir au Maroc|work=Africa Foot United|date=24 August 2021|access-date=1 September 2022|language=fr|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928131555/https://africafootunited.com/transfert-djibril-thialaw-sengage-avec-lus-agadir-au-maroc/|url-status=dead}} On 31 August 2022, the last day of the summer transfer window, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking.{{cite web |title= Kan ha sikret seg senegalesisk landslagsspiller - venter på svar fra FIFA |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/eliteserien/2021/kan-ha-sikret-seg-senegalesisk-landslagsspiller-venter-pa-svar-fra-fifa_sto9114730/story.shtml |work=Eurosport |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=no |date=1 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/Q7Rg3q/fifa-har-godkjent-diop-kjoepet-slik-beskriver-viking-ham|title=FIFA har godkjent Diop-kjøpet: Slik beskriver Viking ham|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=no|date=1 September 2022|access-date=1 September 2022}} On 2 October 2022, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 loss against Aalesund.{{NFF|3978318}}
International career
On 28 July 2019, he made his international debut for Senegal in a 2020 African Nations Championship qualification match against Liberia.{{NFT player|75069}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 5 February 2025}}{{Soccerway|784658}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hassania Agadir
|24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Viking
|2022 |7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2023
|Eliteserien |24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2024
|Eliteserien |11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!42 | 2 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 50 | 3 | |||
| Yverdon-Sport
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!74 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Yverdon-Sport FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diop, Djibril}}
Category:Footballers from Thiès
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Senegalese men's footballers
Category:Senegal men's international footballers
Category:Génération Foot players
Category:Hassania Agadir players
Category:Yverdon-Sport FC players
Category:Ligue 1 (Senegal) players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco
Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
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