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Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye

Abdoulaye Faye
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Faye playing for Stoke City in 2009
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye
Date of birth (1978-02-26) 26 February 1978 (age 39)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 ASEC Ndiambour 59 (8)
2001–2002 Jeanne d'Arc 32 (4)
2002–2005 Lens 35 (0)
2004–2005 Istres (loan) 28 (0)
2005–2007 Bolton Wanderers 60 (3)
2007–2008 Newcastle United 22 (1)
2008–2011 Stoke City 81 (6)
2011–2012 West Ham United 29 (0)
2012–2014 Hull City 34 (4)
2014–2015 Sabah FA 21 (1)
Total 401 (27)
National team
2002–2010 Senegal 35 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:07, 19 June 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:55, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender.

Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc in his native Senegal before moving to French side Lens in 2002. After spending time out on loan at Istres he attracted the attentions of Sam Allardyce who signed him for Bolton Wanderers in July 2005. After two seasons at Bolton he followed Allardyce to Newcastle United where he spent one season before joining Stoke City in August 2008 for £2.25 million. Faye became a popular player at the Britannia Stadium in 2008–2009 as he won the player of the year and was named captain by Tony Pulis for the 2009–2010 season. He lost the capacity to Ryan Shawcross for 2010–2011 and then had a third spell working with Allardyce at West Ham United. Faye helped the Hammers gain promotion to the Premier League in 2011–12 before joining Hull City where he was again involved in a promotion winning season in 2012–13 before being released at the end of the 2013–14 season.


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