Pape Omar Faye

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Pape Omar Faye
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Louga, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004
CSS
26 (16)
2004–2005
Cotonsport Garoua
11 (14)
2005–2010 Thun 86 (53)
2006–2007Vaduz (loan) 24 (22)
2011–2012
Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa
25 (15)
2013–2015
ASC Diaraf
5 (6)
2015–2019
FLC Thanh Hóa
80 (60)
2019–2020 Hà Nội 40 (17)
2021–2022
Becamex Bình Dương
11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2019

Pape Omar Faye (born 1 January 1987) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward

Career

Faye started his career at Senegal. In 2005–06 he landed in Europe and played for Swiss side

2009 European football betting scandal and was suspended for one game.[1] In the course of the determinations from the 2009 European football match-fixing scandal he was fired without notice on 25 January 2010.[2]

In May 2010, he was given an open-ended suspension.[3] Teammate Eldar Ikanović and former teammate David Blumer were also banned.

In January 2011, he signed a contract with Thanh Hóa F.C after a short time trial. He made Thanh Hóa F.C debut in

Đà Nẵng F.C.

On 1 May 2011, he scored three goals in a match against

Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa F.C. win 3–1 and moved up to fourth position of 2011 V-League after 13 round. On 8 June, he scored the first away goal under the Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa F.C. jersey in the match his team was drawn with XM The Vissai Ninh Bình in the 18th round of 2011 V-League
.

On 10 July 2011, he scored four goals in the match against

Becamex Bình Dương
and help his team win this match with score 4–1.

In 2012, Thanh Hóa F.C. discovered his ban imposed by the FIFA, so they terminated the contract with him. According to Senegal's media, he was out of ban from football in December 2014 and played for

ASC Diaraf
in Senegal during this time.

Honours

Hà Nội FC

References

  1. ^ "Thun sperrt Omar Faye für heutiges Spiel" [Thun suspends Omar Faye for today's game]. Basler Zeitung (in German). 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ Fahmy, Monica (25 January 2010). "Wettskandal - Betrüger sind geständig: Eldar Ikanovic fristlos entlassen" [Betting scandal - cheaters have confessed: Eldar Ikanovic dismissed without notice]. Blick (in German). Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Players suspended in match-fixing scandal". swissinfo.ch. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.