Pape Diakhaté

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Pape Malickou Diakhaté
Personal information
Full name	Pape Malickou Diakhaté
Date of birth	June 21, 1984 (1984-06-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	15
Youth career
-2001	US Ouakam
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2007 2007-present	AS Nancy Dynamo Kyiv	142 (3) 29 (1)
National team2
2005-	Senegal	24 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 15, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of December 15, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Pape Diakhaté (born June 21, 1984 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional football (soccer) player, currently with FC Dynamo Kyiv.

[edit] Career

Diakhaté has been at Nancy since his youth, and made his Ligue 2 debut on October 20, 2001, playing the first half of the 2-0 win over LB Châteauroux. Originally a left-back and capable of playing as a wide midfielder, he is recognised mainly as a centre-back.

He played 25 league matches the following season, and has appeared regularly for the club, although his 2003-04 season was severely disrupted by injury.

2004-05 brought Diakhaté favourable recognition, winning a place in France Football's team of the season and also a full international call-up from Senegal. After Nancy's promotion to Ligue 1 in 2005, Diakhaté was also part of the Senegalese team that finished fourth in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Diakhaté is seen as a leading defender for the future and has therefore been linked to a number of larger clubs such as Liverpool, Portsmouth, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Schalke and Stuttgart as well as Lyon.

However, on July 18, 2007 it was announced that he has signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. Diakhaté made his debut for Dynamo on August 1, 2007 in a league fixture against FC Chornomorets Odessa. [1]. Pape quickly established himself in a first team and has even captained it. Month later on September 1 he broke a collar bone in a match against FC Kharkiv, but has recovered since and returned to the team.

[edit] External links

• (Ukrainian) Diakhaté's profile at Dynamo's official website
• Career stats at lfp.fr

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 N'Daw • 4 Diakhaté • 5 Diawara • 6 Barry • 7 H. Camara • 8 Niang • 9 S. Camara • 10 Ba • 11 E. Diouf • 12 A. Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Mendy • 15 Kamara • 16 M. Diouf • 17 Coly • 18 Dramé • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Diagne-Faye • 21 Beye • 22 N'Diaye • 23 Djiba • Coach: Sarr