Abdoulaye M'Baye (footballer)

Abdoulaye M'Baye (born 13 November 1973) is a retired Senegalese football striker who played abroad in Morocco, Tunisia, Norway and China and for the national team.

Abdoulaye M'Baye
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-13) 13 November 1973
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
ASC Diaraf
Stade Marocain
Wydad de Fès
–1999 WAC Casablanca
1999–2000 Club Africain
2000–2001 Tromsø
2002 Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili
2003 Vålerenga
2005 Aalesund
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

M'Baye purportedly started his career in ASC Diaraf, and then played in Morocco for Stade Marocain, Wydad de Fès and WAC Casablanca.[1] M'Baye joined Club Africain in 1999, but went on to European football and Tromsø IL in June 2000.[2] The transfer reportedly went through after agent Jon Thorstensen used singer Jørn Hoel as a liaison towards Tromsø.[3] In the 2001 Tippeligaen he became Tromsø's top scorer with 6 goals, but the team was relegated.[4]

In 2002 he left Tromsø, first going on trial with IK Start where he scored in four pre-season friendlies in a row. Set to sign for Start according to an interview on 6 March,[5] two days later the same newspaper reported his signing for Chinese Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili.[6] He scored 8 goals, but only carried out one year of his contract.[7] In 2003 he did not play competitively for the first eight months of the year, until being signed by Vålerenga Fotball for the remainder of the season.[8] In March 2005 he joined Aalesunds FK on a one-year contract.[9] After fulfilling it he moved home to Senegal to commence various business ventures.[4]

M'Baye was capped for Senegal[7] and was a squad member for the 2000 African Cup of Nations.[10]

References
  1. "M'Baye-fakta". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 23 June 2000. p. 21.
  2. Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (21 June 2000). "Skal la beina snakke for meg". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 28.
  3. Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (23 June 2000). "Jørn Hoel tipset TIL om M'Baye". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. Robertsen, Rune (11 March 2017). "Slik vurderer vi TILs afrikanske topper og flopper". iTromsø (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  5. Grindstein, Gunnar (6 March 2002). "M'Baye blomstrer". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  6. Grindstein, Gunnar; et al. (8 March 2002). "M'Baye til Kina". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  7. National Football Teams
  8. "M'Baye til Vålerenga". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 August 2003. p. 25.
  9. "M'baye klar for Aalesund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 March 2005.
  10. Weltfussball
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