Mame Biram Diouf
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Mame Biram Diouf (born 16 December 1987) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish TFF First League club Göztepe.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mame Biram Diouf[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Diaraf | ||
2007–2009 | Molde | 62 | (29) |
2009–2012 | Manchester United | 5 | (1) |
2009 | → Molde (loan) | 12 | (4) |
2010–2011 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 26 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Hannover 96 | 57 | (26) |
2014–2020 | Stoke City | 144 | (24) |
2020–2022 | Hatayspor | 73 | (31) |
2022–2023 | Konyaspor | 28 | (9) |
2023– | Göztepe | 12 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2018 | Senegal | 47 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2018 |
Diouf started his career at Diaraf before moving to Molde in 2007. In his first season with them he won the Norwegian First Division, and gained promotion to the Norwegian top division. His performances and goalscoring attracted interest from a number of big clubs, and he eventually moved to Manchester United in 2009, remaining on loan at Molde until January 2010. He scored on his home debut for United and won the League Cup as an unused substitute in the 2010 final. Diouf joined Hannover in January 2012, where he scored 35 goals in 71 appearances, before moving to Stoke City on a free transfer in 2014. Diouf spent six seasons with Stoke scoring 25 goals in 157 appearances before leaving in the summer of 2020.
Diouf made his Senegal debut in 2009 in a 2–1 friendly win over the DR Congo; he has represented the country at the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.