Abdoulaye Faye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abdoulaye Faye
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1978(1978-02-26)
Age	46
Birthplace	Dakar
Country	Senegal
Horoscope	Pisces

Abdoulaye Faye Biography

Abdoulaye Faye is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on February 26, 1978 in Dakar, Senegal. Defenseman who joined Hull City in 2012 and spent 8 years with the Senegalese national team.

Peter Odemwingie was another star of the Nigerian national team.

Faye was born in Dakar, Senegal and began his career at ASEC Ndiambour, before leaving the then top-three team to go to Jeanne d’Arc. He then went on to join Lens in July 2002, integrating into a squad which at that time included fellow Senegalese Papa Bouba Diop.

Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d’Arc in his native Senegal before moving to French side Lens in 2002. After spending time out on loan at Istres he attracted the attentions of Sam Allardyce who signed him for Bolton Wanderers in July 2005. After two seasons at Bolton he followed Allardyce to Newcastle United where he spent one season before joining Stoke City in August 2008 for £2.25 million. Faye became a popular player at the Britannia Stadium in 2008–2009 as he won the player of the year and was named captain by Tony Pulis for the 2009–2010 season. He lost the capacity to Ryan Shawcross for 2010–2011 and then had a third spell working with Allardyce at West Ham United. Faye helped the Hammers gain promotion to the Premier League in 2011–12 before joining Hull City where he was again involved in a promotion winning season in 2012–13 before being released at the end of the 2013–14 season.

He was born in Dakar, Senegal.

Abdoulaye Faye Net Worth

Abdoulaye Faye is one of the richest Soccer Player from Senegal. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abdoulaye Faye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After several years playing in his native Nigeria, he was signed by the French club Lens, and then went over to the English Premier League.

On the international side, he represented Senegal at three African Cup of Nations tournaments.

Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Abdoulaye Faye height 6 ft 2 in Abdoulaye weight 192  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

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Following his first season at Stoke he was awarded the captain’s armband on a permanent basis for the 2009–10 season. Faye had another good season for City but was also hampered by injuries and had to leave the field before 30 minutes on a number of occasions. Manager Tony Pulis gave the captaincy to Ryan Shawcross for the 2010–11 season. He struggled to make much of an impact during the season and was released at the end of it after he was not offered a new contract. Stoke manager Tony Pulis and the Stoke sentinel paid tribute to Faye.

Facts & Trivia

Abdoulaye Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Senegal. Abdoulaye Faye celebrates birthday on February 26 of every year.

On 15 September 2012 against Millwall at the KC Stadium, James Chester and Faye stayed up following a corner and when the ball was worked to Chester on the edge of the Millwall box, he went past Scott Malone down the outside and crossed for Faye to head home past Maik Taylor Two days later, Faye scored his third goal in as many games with a header against Leeds United at Elland Road to make it 2–1 to Hull in a 3–2 win. He played 33 times for Hull in 2012–13 helping the Tigers gain promotion to the Premier League on the final day of the season. He signed a new one-year contract with Hull on 16 May 2013. Faye made limited appearances during the 2013-14 season, making only 3 Premier League appearances after falling behind Curtis Davies, James Chester, Alex Bruce and Paul McShane in the pecking order for the centre-back positions. Faye did make 3 appearances in the FA cup as Hull City reached the FA cup final for the first time in their history, however Faye was an unused substitute for the Wembley semi-final, and did not make the bench for the FA cup final. Thirty-six-year-old Faye was released by Hull City at the end of the 2013–14 season.