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'''El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf''' ({{lang-ar|الحاج ديوف}}) (born January 15, 1981) is a [[Senegal]]ese [[Association football|football]]er. He plays for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]. Diouf is a playmaker who plays deep on the wing or as a deep lying forward.
'''El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf''' ({{lang-ar|الحاج ديوف}}) (born January 15, 1981) is a [[Senegal]]ese [[Association football|football]]er. He plays for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]. Diouf is a playmaker who plays deep on the wing or as a deep lying forward. He is quick and possesses a brilliant free kick finish.


==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==

Revision as of 22:49, 8 November 2008

El Hadji Diouf
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Striker, Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 11

El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Template:Lang-ar) (born January 15, 1981) is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Sunderland and Senegal. Diouf is a playmaker who plays deep on the wing or as a deep lying forward. He is quick and possesses a brilliant free kick finish.

Personal Life

Diouf is married and has a daughter, Kenza.

Club career

Early career

Diouf started his career in France with Sochaux-Montbéliard. He made his first appearance in 2-1 win against Bastia on November 12, 1998 before moving to Stade Rennais for the 1999-00 season. He moved to Lens the following season, spending two years at the Pas-de-Calais club before moving to English club Liverpool in 2002.

Liverpool

Liverpool bought Diouf from Lens for £10 million, prior to Senegal's impressive 2002 World Cup run. Then coach Gérard Houllier put his faith in Diouf and made the choice to sign him and not take up the option of permamently signing loan star Nicolas Anelka.Diouf was originally signed as a striker but ended up being utilised mainly on the right wing. Diouf scored just six goals in his first season including three in the Worthington Cup. Liverpool went on to defeat Manchester United 2-0 in the final at the Millennium Stadium that year, ensuring he got a medal.

In the 2003/04 season, he became the first Liverpool player to wear the number nine shirt to fail to score a goal in an entire season. He made 33 appearances and went over 14 months without a goal. Despite his impressive start to his Liverpool career where he scored a brace on his Anfield debut against Southampton F.C, he only managed 6 goals in 80 appearances, failing to live up to expectations. His spell at Liverpool was marred with controversy, most notably when he spat at a Celtic fan in a UEFA Cup tie. After a series of disciplinary problems Diouf was then off-loaded by new manager Rafael Benítez on a season's loan to Bolton Wanderers.

Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers bought Diouf from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee at the start of the 2005-06 season, after they had loaned the player for the 2004-05 season. While on loan at Bolton, Diouf sparked further controversy by spitting in the face of Arjan de Zeeuw of Portsmouth in November 2004.[1] Diouf was also accused of spitting at a Middlesbrough fan earlier in the same season.[2] On September 15, 2005, Diouf scored Bolton's first ever goal in a European competition against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in a UEFA Cup match at the Reebok Stadium. Bolton went on to win the game 2-1. He was largely success at Bolton and became a fans' favourite due to his flair and direct running. In late 2006, he was arrested over allegations that he assaulted his wife.[3] Diouf confirmed in an interview with the BBC that he would be leaving Bolton at the end of the 2007/2008 season and that his goal against Sunderland on 3rd May marked his last appearance at the Reebok Stadium.[4]

Sunderland

Diouf signed for Sunderland on July 28, 2008, after Bolton agreed to a transfer fee of £2.6 million.[5] He signed a four year contract at The Stadium of Light after undergoing a medical.[6] Diouf revealed that he was happy to join Sunderland.[7] Sunderland manager, Roy Keane, said he was happy that a player who "teams and supporters love to hate" had joined Sunderland, "El-Hadji has always been the kind of player opposition teams and supporters love to hate, a thorn in the side. That's why we're delighted to now have him in our squad."[5]

Charity work

In conjunction with long time friend Akon, Diouf founded his own charity to help under-privileged children in Senegal and the United Kingdom. 'The Dioufy Foundation' was officially launched on the January 3, 2008.

International career

Diouf's international career started in April 2000 against Benin. He has earned 41 international caps and scored 16 goals for his country. He played for Senegal in their 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign and was elected to the World Cup All-Star team, after leading Senegal to the quarter-finals and victories over France (1-0) and Sweden (2-1). Senegal eventually lost 1-0 in extratime to Turkey. He was also part of the Senegal team which is the runner-up in 2002 African Nations Cup. Diouf was banned from international football for four matches in 2004 for a verbal assault on referee Ali Bujsaim.[8]

In 2004, he was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations. He is also the youngest player on the list. In October 2007, Diouf retired from international football, stating he had been frustrated by organisational problems with the side.[9] However, Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak announced later in the month that he would name Diouf in the next squad.[10]

Career statistics

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |-Durham County Cricket |1998-99||Sochaux-Montbéliard||Division 1||15||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |1999-00||Stade Rennais||Division 1||27||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||2 |- |2000-01||rowspan="2"|Lens||rowspan="2"|Division 1||28||8||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||8 |- |2001-02||26||10||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||10 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2002-03||rowspan="2"|Liverpool||rowspan="2"|Premier League||29||3||3||0||5||3||9||0||46||6 |- |2003-04||26||0||1||0||2||0||4||0||33||0 |- |2004-05||rowspan="4"|Bolton Wanderers||rowspan="4"|Premier League||27||9||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||32||9 |- |2005-06||20||3||colspan="2"|-||1||0||6||1||27||4 |- |2006-07||33||5||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||35||5 |- |2007-08||34||4||1||0||1||0||6||2||42||6 |- |2008-09||rowspan="1"|Sunderland||rowspan="1"|Premier League||6||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0 |- Template:Football player statistics 396||19||20||10||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||116||29 Template:Football player statistics 4174||24||9||0||12||3||25||3||221||30 Template:Football player statistics 5269||43||29||10||12||3||25||3||337||59 |}

Source:[11]

References

  1. ^ "Diouf pleads guilty over spitting". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. ^ "Diouf apologises for spitting at de Zeeuw". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. ^ "Footballer quizzed over assault". 4ni.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  4. ^ "I am definitely leaving Bolton - Diouf". BBC Sport. 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  5. ^ a b "Diouf completes Sunderland switch". BBCSport. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  6. ^ "£2.6m former Liverpool striker Diouf signs up for the bad-boy band at Sunderland". Evening Standard. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
  7. ^ "Cats sign striker Diouf". Sunderland A.F.C. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  8. ^ "Diouf ban increased". BBC Sport. 2004-02-14. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  9. ^ "Diouf ends international career". BBC Sport. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  10. ^ "Diouf in Senegal squad". BBC Sport. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  11. ^ "El-Hadji Diouf Bolton profile". Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by African Footballer of the Year
2001 – 2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by BBC African Footballer of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by
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