Pape Daouda Diong

Pape Daouda Diong
	Diong with Strasbourg in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	15 June 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	17
Youth career
	AF Darou Salam
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2024	AF Darou Salam
2024–	Strasbourg
International career‡
2023–	Senegal U17
2023–	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 12 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:21, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Pape Daouda Diong (born 15 June 2006) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Senegal national team.

Career

Diong played in Senegal for AF Darou Salam in Dakar.^[1]

On 9 July 2024, Diong joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on a five-year deal.^[2]^[3]

International career

He represented Senegal U17 at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, featuring in all four of their matches before they lost to eventual finalist France U17.^[4]

He made his debut for the senior Senegal national football team on 9 September 2023, in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Rwanda.^[5]

Style of play

Described as a defensive midfielder, he has been compared to Mamadou Lamine Camara who also came through the Darou Salam Football Academy.^[6] Whilst playing at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, He reportedly had the highest percentage (85.2%) of defensive duels won in the group stage.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Strasbourg	2024–25	Ligue 1	7	1	2	0	—		9	1
Career total			7	1	2	0	0	0	9	1

International

As of match played 9 September 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2023	1	0
Total		1	0

References

^ Vegas, Paul (28 December 2023). "Chelsea 'complete deal' for Senegal U17 midfielder Pape Daouda Diong". Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ "Mercato : Strasbourg officialise l'arrivée de Pape Diong, qui devient le 18e joueur sénégalais de l'histoire du club". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Officiel Mercato – Strasbourg annonce l'arrivée de Pape Diong". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ Johnson, Simon (20 December 2023). "Chelsea nearing agreement to sign Pape Daouda Diong". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ "SENEGAL VS. RWANDA 1 – 1". Soccerway. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ "After the two Lamine Camaras, the revelation Pape Daouda Diong: Senegal spoiled in recovery!". Galsenfoot.an. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Jones, Oliver (20 December 2023). "Who is Pape Daouda Diong? The wonderkid spotted at Chelsea vs Newcastle set to complete transfer". Football London. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[1] Vegas, Paul (28 December 2023). "Chelsea 'complete deal' for Senegal U17 midfielder Pape Daouda Diong". Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[2] "Mercato : Strasbourg officialise l'arrivée de Pape Diong, qui devient le 18e joueur sénégalais de l'histoire du club". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[3] "Officiel Mercato – Strasbourg annonce l'arrivée de Pape Diong". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[4] Johnson, Simon (20 December 2023). "Chelsea nearing agreement to sign Pape Daouda Diong". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[5] "SENEGAL VS. RWANDA 1 – 1". Soccerway. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[6] "After the two Lamine Camaras, the revelation Pape Daouda Diong: Senegal spoiled in recovery!". Galsenfoot.an. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[7] Jones, Oliver (20 December 2023). "Who is Pape Daouda Diong? The wonderkid spotted at Chelsea vs Newcastle set to complete transfer". Football London. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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