Diafra Sakho
Sakho in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Diafra Sakho | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Guédiawaye, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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West Ham United | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Génération Foot | ||
| 2007–2009 | Metz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Metz | 114 | (44) |
| 2012 | → Boulogne (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2014– | West Ham United | 46 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Senegal | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:27, 27 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Diafra Sakho (born 24 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club West Ham United.
He began his career in the lower divisions of French football, with Metz and on loan at Boulogne, before joining West Ham in August 2014. Since May 2014, he has been a full international for the Senegal national team.
Sakho was born in Guédiawaye. He started is career in Dakar with Génération Foot, a football academy and feeder club for FC Metz, at age 16. After six months with the club he moved to France in 2007 to start training with Metz. After 17 goals in 22 games for FC Metz's reserve team in the 2009–10 season he was awarded a first-team place. He made his first-team debut in a goalless draw at home to Brest, on 19 January 2010. His debut goal came on 10 September, in a 1–1 home draw with Nantes. He was mainly used as a substitute in his first three seasons and was loaned to Boulogne in January 2012. In May 2012, with Metz in Championnat National, the third tier of French football, new manager Albert Cartier gave Sakho a starting place in the team. The following season Sakho scored 19 goals in 33 league appearances as Metz finished in second place and won promotion back to Ligue 2 at their first attempt. In season 2013–14 he scored 20 goals in 36 appearances as Metz won the Ligue 2 title. For his performances, Sakho was voted Ligue 2 Player of the Year for the 2013–14 season.
On 14 August 2014, Sakho signed a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee with West Ham United, becoming their seventh signing before the start of the 2014–15 season. Upon his joining, he said: "This is a proud day to have signed for West Ham, I really love English football and I've dreamed of coming to play for one of the big English clubs. Today, West Ham have given me that opportunity and I didn't hesitate to grab it".
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