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Abdoulaye M'Baye (footballer)

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Abdoulaye M'Baye
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-13) 13 November 1973 (age 51)
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
ASC Diaraf
Stade Marocain
Wydad de Fès
1998–1999 Wydad Casablanca
1999–2000 Club Africain
2000–2001 Tromsø 28 (9)
2002 Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili 26 (8)
2003 Vålerenga 3 (0)
2005 Aalesund 9 (1)
International career
1998–2000 Senegal 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdoulaye M'Baye (born 13 November 1973) is a Senegalese former professional football striker who played abroad in Morocco, Tunisia, Norway and China and for the national team.

Club career

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M'Baye purportedly started his career in ASC Diaraf, and then played in Morocco for Stade Marocain, Wydad de Fès and WAC Casablanca.[1] M'Baye joined Club Africain in 1999, but went on to European football and Tromsø IL in June 2000.[2] The transfer reportedly went through after agent Jon Thorstensen used singer Jørn Hoel as a liaison towards Tromsø.[3] In the 2001 Tippeligaen he became Tromsø's top scorer with 6 goals, but the team was relegated.[4]

In 2002 he left Tromsø, first going on trial with IK Start where he scored in four pre-season friendlies in a row. Set to sign for Start according to an interview on 6 March,[5] two days later the same newspaper reported his signing for Chinese Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili.[6] He scored 8 goals, but only carried out one year of his contract.[7] In 2003 he did not play competitively for the first eight months of the year, until being signed by Vålerenga Fotball for the remainder of the season.[8] In March 2005 he joined Aalesunds FK on a one-year contract.[9] After fulfilling it he moved home to Senegal to commence various business ventures.[4]

International career

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M'Baye was capped for Senegal[7] and was a squad member for the 2000 African Cup of Nations.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "M'Baye-fakta". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 23 June 2000. p. 21.
  2. ^ Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (21 June 2000). "Skal la beina snakke for meg". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 28.
  3. ^ Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (23 June 2000). "Jørn Hoel tipset TIL om M'Baye". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. ^ a b Robertsen, Rune (11 March 2017). "Slik vurderer vi TILs afrikanske topper og flopper". iTromsø (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ Grindstein, Gunnar (6 March 2002). "M'Baye blomstrer". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  6. ^ Grindstein, Gunnar; et al. (8 March 2002). "M'Baye til Kina". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  7. ^ a b National Football Teams
  8. ^ "M'Baye til Vålerenga". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 August 2003. p. 25.
  9. ^ "M'baye klar for Aalesund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 March 2005.
  10. ^ Weltfussball