Djibril Diop (footballer)

Djibril Diop
Personal information
Full name Djibril Thialaw Diop
Date of birth (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999
Place of birth Thiès, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Number 44
Youth career
2013–2017 Génération Foot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Génération Foot
2021–2022 Hassania Agadir 24 (2)
2022–2024 Viking 42 (2)
2024–2025 Yverdon-Sport 16 (0)
2025– Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 (0)
International career‡
2019– Senegal 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:47, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:47, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Djibril Thialaw Diop (born 6 January 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Israeli club Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Senegal national team.

Career

Born in Thiès, Senegal, Diop started his career with Génération Foot in 2013.[1] He made his senior debut for the club in 2017.[2] In August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Moroccan Botola club Hassania Agadir.[3] On 31 August 2022, the last day of the summer transfer window, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking.[4][2] On 2 October 2022, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 loss against Aalesund.[5]

On September 11, 2025, Diop signed a three-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League.[6]

International career

On 28 July 2019, he made his international debut for Senegal in a 2020 African Nations Championship qualification match against Liberia.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 February 2025[7][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hassania Agadir 2021–22 Botola 24200——242
Viking 2022 Eliteserien 7120——91
2023 Eliteserien 24141——282
2024 Eliteserien 11020——130
Total 42281——503
Yverdon-Sport 2024–25 Swiss Super League 8010——90
Career total 744910000835

Honours

Hapoel Beer Sheva

References

  1. 1 2 3 Djibril Diop at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 "FIFA har godkjent Diop-kjøpet: Slik beskriver Viking ham". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Transfert: Djibril Thialaw s'engage avec l'US Agadir au Maroc". Africa Foot United (in French). 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kan ha sikret seg senegalesisk landslagsspiller - venter på svar fra FIFA". Eurosport (in Norwegian). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Djibril Diop at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. ↑ "רשמי: ג'יבריל דיופ חתם בהפועל ב"ש". SPORT5 (in Norwegian). 12 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Djibril Diop at Soccerway
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