El Hadji Diouf

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El Hadji Diouf
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
Date of birth January 15, 1981 (age 26)
Place of birth    Dakar, Senegal
Height 5'11 (180 cm)
Nickname Dioufy
Playing position Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current club Bolton Wanderers
Number 21
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2002-2004
2004-		 Sochaux
Stade Rennais
RC Lens
Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers		 16 (0)
28 (1)
54 (18)
55 (3))
72 (17)   
National team
2000- Senegal 41 (16)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Arabic: الحج ديوف) (born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Bolton Wanderers and Senegal.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Diouf started his career in France with Sochaux-Montbéliard – making his first appearance in 2-1 win against Bastia on 12 November 1998 – before moving to Stade Rennais for the 1999-2000 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.

[edit] Liverpool

Diouf was largely unsuccessful at Liverpool. In fact, Gerard Houllier named Diouf as the most disappointing signing during his time at the club[1]. Houllier stated in a different interview, 'I spent £10 million for a footballer, not for a spitting camel! If I wanted to look after animals, I would have managed a zoo'. Houllier was undoubtedly referring to an incident in which Diouf spat on a Celtic fan during a UEFA Cup tie. Liverpool bought the player from Lens for £10,000,000 prior to Senegal's impressive 2002 World Cup run, beating holders France as well as Sweden and getting to the quarter final. Diouf was named African Footballer of the Year in February 2003 for the second year running, for helping Senegal come runner-up in 2002 African Nations Cup and the achievement in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Bolton

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. On September 15, 2005, El Hadji 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 has largely been a huge success at Bolton and has become a fans' favourite due to his flair and direct running, he remains an integral part of the Bolton side.

He has also twice been named African Player of the Year.

[edit] International career

Diouf's international career started in April 2000 against Benin; Diouf has earned 41 international caps and scored 16 goals for his country. Diouf played for Senegal in their 2002 Fifa World Cup campaign and was elected to the World Cup All-Star team. He was banned from international football for four matches in 2004 for a verbal assault on referee Ali Bujsaim. 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.

[edit] Controversy

Diouf had been involved in several controversies, most notoriously for spitting. In September 2003 he was fined £5000 for spitting on a Celtic supporter during a UEFA Cup quarter final and was banned and fined for spitting in Arjan de Zeeuw's face during a 1-0 home defeat against Portsmouth in November 2004. De Zeew went on to score the winning goal of the game. While publicly apologising to de Zeeuw and Portsmouth, his Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has nevertheless stood by him and is actively trying to help him curb his bad on-field behaviour. In November 2006, Diouf was arrested over allegations he hit his wife at their home in Bolton. He has since been cleared of all charges.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Houllier names Diouf as biggest failure. BBC website. Retrieved on 30 May 2004.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Patrick Mboma		 African Footballer of the Year
2001, 2002		 Succeeded by
Samuel Eto'o
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