Personal information | |||
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Full name | Omar Daf | ||
Date of birth | 12 February 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
–1995 | US Gorée | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Westerlo | 2 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Thonon-Chablais | 4 | (0) |
1997–2009 | Sochaux | 188 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Brest | 78 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Sochaux | 5 | (0) |
Total | 277 | (1) | |
National team | |||
1998–2012 | Senegal | 55 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Omar Daf (born 12 February 1977 in Dakar) is a former Senegalese football player. He played for the Senegal national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also holds a French passport and spent most of his playing career at the French club Sochaux-Montbéliard.
Born in Dakar, Daf began playing football with US Gorée. At age 17, a Belgian football scout, Karel Brokken, recruited him to Belgian Second Division side K.V.C. Westerlo, where he began his professional career. A year later, he joined French side Thonon FC before embarking on a 12-year spell with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1997.
On 4 August 2009, Daf moved to Ligue 2 team Stade Brestois and three years later, rejoined Sochaux.