Pape Diakhaté
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| Pape Diakhaté | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pape Malick Diakhate | |
| Date of birth | June 21, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | |
| Height | 1.84 m | |
| Playing position | Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Youth clubs | ||
| -2001 |  US Ouakam |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2007 2007-present |
 AS Nancy Dynamo Kyiv |
141 (3) 18 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2005- | Senegal |
12 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pape Diakhaté (born June 21, 1984 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional football (soccer) player, currently with FC Dynamo Kyiv.
[edit] Career
Diakhaté has been at Nancy since his youth, and made his Ligue 2 debut on October 20, 2001, playing the first half of the 2-0 win over LB Châteauroux. Originally a left-back and capable of playing as a wide midfielder, he is recognised mainly as a centre-back.
He played 25 league matches the following season, and has appeared regularly for the club, although his 2003-04 season was severely disrupted by injury.
2004-05 brought Diakhaté favourable recognition, winning a place in France Football's team of the season and also a full international call-up from Senegal. After Nancy's promotion to Ligue 1 in 2005, Diakhaté was also part of the Senegalese team that finished fourth in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.
Diakhaté is seen as a leading defender for the future and has therefore been linked to a number of larger clubs such as Juventus, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Schalke and Stuttgart as well as Lyon. Although even due to speculations that Diakhaté has signed a long term contract with Nancy.
However, on July 18, 2007 it was announced that he has signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. Diakhaté made his debut for Dynamo on August 1, 2007 in a league fixture against FC Chornomorets Odessa. [1]. Pape quickly established himslef in a first team and has even captained it. Month later on September 1 he broke a collar bone in a match against FC Kharkiv, but has recovered since and returned to the team.
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