Papa Gueye (born 7 June 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and current vice-president of Metalist Kharkiv.
 Gueye with Metalist Kharkiv | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Metalist Kharkiv (vice-president) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Douanes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Douanes | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Volyn Lutsk | 27 | (0) |
| 2006–2015 | Metalist Kharkiv | 211 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 32 | (0) |
| 2016 | Rostov | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | Aktobe | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Karpaty Lviv | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Dnipro-1 | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Metalist Kharkiv | 8 | (1) |
| Total | 335 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Senegal Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Senegal | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Dakar, Senegal, Gueye grew up in a family of school director (father) and a teacher (mother). He started playing football at 6 years old, attending a football club at school. In 1999, he enrolled in the school football club AS Douanes (Senegal).
Metalist Kharkiv
editIn 2006 Gueye moved from Volyn Lutsk to Metalist Kharkiv where he played as a central defender and a defensive midfielder.[1] After more than 10 years in Kharkiv he signed a contract with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Rostov
editOn 31 August 2016, Gueye signed for Russian Premier League side FC Rostov.[2]
FC Aktobe
editOn 23 February 2017, Gueye signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.[3]
Dnipro-1
editIn 2019 he moved from Karpaty Lviv to Dnipro-1.[4]
International
editWhen the Metalist coach Myron Markevych was placed as the head coach of the Ukraine national football team in 2010, there were talks of naturalization of Gueye.[5]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Volyn Lutsk | 2004–05 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2006–07 | Ukrainian Premier League | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 211 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 279 | 8 | ||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Rostov | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Aktobe | 2017 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 283 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 367 | 8 | ||
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
Honours
edit- Metalist Kharkiv
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- UEFA Europa League Runners-up: 2014–15
Gallery
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Playing for Metalist against Hoverla Uzhhorod in 2014 in the Ukrainian Premier League
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With Metalist in 2010
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Playing for Metalist against Malmö in 2011 in the UEFA Europa League
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Playing for Metalist
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Playing for Metalist
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Playing for Metalist
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Playing for Metalist
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With Metalist goalkeeper Oleksandr Horyainov
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Playing for Metalist in 2009
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With Metalist goalkeeper Vladimir Dišljenković
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Playing for Metalist against Austria Wien in 2011 in the UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ "Маркевич: "Папа Гуйе - интеллектуал"". football.ua. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с Ростовом". fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). FC Rostov. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с футбольным клубом Актобе". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Офіційно: Папа Гуйе – гравець СК "Дніпро-1"" (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2019.
- ^ Шаг навстречу. Луис Адриано и еще 8 иностранцев, рассчитывавших на сборную Украины
- ^ "P.Gueye". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Papa Gueye". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Профайл гравця". ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Football Federation Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
External links
edit- Papa Gueye at Soccerway
- FC Metalist Kharkiv Player Profile
- Papa Gueye at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)