Papy Djilobodji

Papy Djilobodji

Djilobodji playing for Nantes in 2014
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Papy Mison Djilobodji[1][2]
Date of birth (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988
Place of birth Kaolack, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2009 ASC Saloum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Sénart-Moissy 10 (1)
2010–2015 Nantes 171 (9)
2015–2016 Chelsea 0 (0)
2016 → Werder Bremen (loan) 14 (2)
2016– Sunderland 18 (0)
National team
2013– Senegal 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2017 (UTC).

El Hadji Papy Mison Djilobodji (born 1 December 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for English club Sunderland, and the Senegal national team. He is capable of playing at centre back and defensive midfield.

Club career

Early years

Born in Kaolack, Djilobodji began his career with hometown team ASC Saloum, making his senior debut in the 2007–08 season.[3] After two successful seasons in the Senegal Premier League, he transferred to French club US Sénart-Moissy in October 2009.[4] He played a good first half of the 2009–10 season in the Championnat de France amateur 2, which led to him being bought by Nantes on 27 December 2009.[5]

Nantes

On 14 May 2010, Djilobodji made his debut for FC Nantes in a 3–1 Ligue 2 defeat against eventual champions Caen.[6] He was regular in his second year, playing 27 games and scoring twice,[7] ending with a record of 171 appearances and 9 goals. In the Summer transfer window of 2015, it was reported that he had caught the attention of many English Premier League clubs such as Sunderland and Aston Villa, neither of whom made bids for him.[8]

Chelsea

On 1 September 2015, Djilobodji signed for Premier League champions Chelsea on a four-year contract,[9][10] for a fee reported to be in the region of £2.7 million[11] to £4 million.[12] The following day, he was not included in their 25-man squad for the UEFA Champions League.[13] He made his only Blues appearance in the third round of the League Cup away to Walsall, replacing Radamel Falcao in added time at the end of a 4–1 victory.[14]

Werder Bremen (loan)

On 21 January 2016, Djilobodji signed for Werder Bremen until the end of the 2015–16 season.[12] Three days later, he made his debut in the Bundesliga in a 3–1 win away to Schalke and was praised for his performance.[15][16] On 13 February, Djilobodji scored his first Werder Bremen goal in a 1–1 draw against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, netting a 13th-minute equalizer.[17]

In March, he received a retrospective two-match ban for making a throat-slitting gesture at 1. FSV Mainz 05's Pablo de Blasis.[18] In the final game of the season, Djilobodji scored a late winner against Eintracht Frankfurt, saving his team from relegation and confining the opponents to the relegation play-off.[19]

Sunderland

On 5 August 2016, Djilobodji signed for Sunderland on a four-year deal for a fee reported to be in the region of £8 million.[20][21] He made his Premier League debut 16 days later in a 2–1 home loss to local rivals Middlesbrough, and the Sunderland Echo mentioned his performance as a "rare positive" in the defeat.[22] On 19 November, he was sent off in the last minute of a 3–0 win over Hull City at the Stadium of Light.[23] He was charged with violent conduct by The FA in January 2017 after catching West Bromwich Albion's Darren Fletcher in the face in a 2–0 loss,[24] and subsequently received a four-match ban.[25]

International career

Djilobodji was part of the Senegal squad at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. He played two games in their elimination from Group C, being substituted at half time for Lamine Gassama in the first, a 2–1 win over eventual finalists Ghana at the Estadio de Mongomo.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 January 2017[27]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sénart-Moissy 2009–10 CFA Group D 710000 71
Nantes 2009–10 Ligue 2 1300000 130
2010–11 2724000 312
2011–12 3644000 404
2012–13 3603000 390
2013–14 Ligue 1 2832000 303
2014–15 3102000 330
Total 171915000 1869
Chelsea 2015–16 Premier League 001000 10
Werder Bremen (loan) 2015–16 Bundesliga 1422000 162
Sunderland 2016–17 Premier League 1803000 210
Career total 2101221000 23112

    References

    1. ↑ "Papy Djilobodji". L'Equipe. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
    2. ↑ Balczuweit, Markus (28 January 2016). "Ich lebe meine Leidenschaft" [I live my passion]. BILD (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
    3. ↑ "Le FC Nantes recrute Papy Mison Djilobodji, ancien de l’ASC Saloum – Agence de Presse Sénégalaise".
    4. ↑ Archived December 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
    5. ↑ Football.fr. "Football.fr". Football.fr.
    6. ↑ "Nantes Vs. Caen - 14 May 2010 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 14 May 2010.
    7. ↑ "Senegal - P. Djilobodji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway.
    8. ↑ "Sunderland AFC transfers: Nantes defender Djilobodji and Townsend linked but Defoe could exit". The Chronicle. 16 August 2015.
    9. ↑ "Papy Djilobilijobilobi file à Chelsea". FC Nantes. 1 September 2015.
    10. ↑ "Djilobodji signs". Chelsea FC. 1 September 2015.
    11. ↑ "Papy Djilobodji joins Chelsea from Nantes". ESPN. 1 September 2015.
    12. 1 2 "Papy Djilobodji: Chelsea loan defender to Werder Bremen". BBC Sport. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
    13. ↑ "Papy Djilobodji: Chelsea man left out of Champions League squad". BBC Sport. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
    14. ↑ "Walsall 1-4 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
    15. ↑ Göbel, Jan (24 January 2016). "Bremens Sieg bei Schalke: Alter!". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    16. ↑ "DW's Bundesliga Team of the week - Matchday 18". DW. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    17. ↑ "Werder Bremen vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (1 : 1)". OneFootball. 13 February 2016.
    18. ↑ "Werder Bremen's Papy Djilobodji banned for throat-slit gesture". BBC Sport. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
    19. ↑ Dutton, Tom (15 May 2016). "Chelsea loanee Papy Djilobodji scores dramatic late winner to secure Werder Bremen's Bundesliga safety". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
    20. ↑ "Djilobodji joins Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 5 August 2016.
    21. ↑ Gilbert, Peter (8 August 2016). "Papy Djilobodji aims to impress at Sunderland". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
    22. ↑ Prince, Daniel (22 August 2016). "Cats Eye View: Djilobodji’s debut performance a rare positive in Boro defeat". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
    23. ↑ Strickland, Jamie (29 November 2016). "Sunderland 3-0 Hull". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
    24. ↑ "Papy Djilobodji: Sunderland defender charged with violent conduct by FA". BBC Sport. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
    25. ↑ "Papy Djilobodji: Sunderland defender gets four-game violent conduct ban".
    26. ↑ Hughes, Ian (19 January 2015). "Ghana 1-2 Senegal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
    27. ↑ "P. Djilobodji". Soccerway.
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