El Hadji Diouf

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El-Hadji Diouf

Full name	El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
Date of birth	January 15, 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward/ Winger
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Number	21
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2005 2004–2005 2005–	Sochaux Stade Rennes RC Lens Liverpool → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Bolton Wanderers	16 0(0) 28 0(1) 55 (18) 58 0(3) 27 0(9) 87 (12)
National team
2000–	Senegal	41 (16)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

For the player known as El Hadji Diouf currently playing for AEK Athens FC, please see El Hadji Diouf (born 1988).

El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Arabic: الحاج ديوف) (born January 15, 1981) is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Bolton Wanderers and Senegal. Arguably one of Senegal's best players, Diouf is a playmaker who plays deep on the wing or as a deep lying forward.

1 Club Career
2 Charity Work
3 International career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club Career

[edit] Early career

Diouf started his career in France with Sochaux-Montbéliard. He made his first appearance in 2-1 win against Bastia on November 12, 1998 before moving to Stade Rennais for the 1999-00 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

Liverpool bought Diouf from Lens for £10 million, prior to Senegal's impressive 2002 World Cup run. Diouf won the 2003 League Cup after Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2-0. He scored 3 goals in 58 appearances for Liverpool.

[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, Diouf scored Bolton's first ever goal in a European competition against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in a UEFA Cup match at the Reebok Stadium.^{[citation needed]} 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. Diouf recently confirmed in an interview with the BBC that he would be leaving Bolton at the end of the season and that his goal against Sunderland on 3rd May marked his last appearance at the Reebok Stadium. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/7382454.stm

[edit] Charity Work

In conjunction with long time friend Akon, Diouf founded his own charity to help under-privileged children in Senegal and the United Kingdom. 'The Dioufy Foundation' was officially launched on the January 3, 2008.

[edit] International career

Diouf's international career started in April 2000 against Benin. He has earned 41 international caps and scored 16 goals for his country.

He played for Senegal in their 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign and was elected to the World Cup All-Star team, after leading Senegal to the quarter-finals and victories over France (1-0) and Sweden (2-1). Senegal eventually lost 1-0 in extratime to Turkey.

He was also part of the Senegal team which is the runner-up in 2002 African Nations Cup.

Diouf was banned from international football for four matches in 2004 for a verbal assault on referee Ali Bujsaim.^[1]

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.

In October 2007, Diouf retired from international football, stating he had been frustrated by organisational problems with the side. ^[2] However, Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak announced later in the month that he would name Diouf in the next squad ^[3].

[edit] References

^ BBC Sport, Diouf ban increased, 14th February 2004
^ BBC News, Diouf ends international career, 8th October 2007
^ BBC News, Diouf will be in Senegal squad, 10th October 2007

[edit] External links

Profile at Boltonwanderers.us
El Hadji Diouf career stats at Soccerbase
Profile, stats and pictures of El-Hadji Diouf on Sitercl.Com
http://www.dioufyfoundation.org/

v • d • e Senegal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 Sarr • 4 Malick Diop • 5 N'Dour • 6 Cissé • 7 H. Camara • 8 Traoré • 9 S. Camara • 10 Fadiga • 11 Diouf • 12 Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Moussa N'Diaye • 15 Diao • 16 Diallo • 17 Coly • 18 Thiaw • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 S. N'Diaye • 21 Beye • 22 Cissokho • 23 Makhtar N'Diaye • Coach: Metsu

v • d • e

Bolton Wanderers F.C. – current squad

2 Hunt • 3 Samuel • 4 Nolan • 5 Méïté • 9 Helguson • 11 Gardner • 12 Walker • 14 Davies • 15 Steinsson • 19 McCann • 20 Vaz Té • 21 Diouf • 22 Jääskeläinen • 23 Džemaili • 24 J. O'Brien • 25 Cohen • 26 Al Habsi • 27 Braaten • 29 Harsányi • 31 A. O'Brien • 32 Taylor • 33 Cahill • 37 Sinclair • 38 Sissons • 41 Fojut • 43 Woolfe • Manager: Megson

Awards
Preceded by Patrick Mboma	African Footballer of the Year 2001 – 2002	Succeeded by Samuel Eto'o
Preceded by Samuel Kuffour	BBC African Footballer of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Jay Jay Okocha