Saliou Diop

Saliou Diop
Personal information
Full name Serigne Saliou Diop
Date of birth (2005-05-12) 12 May 2005
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Akademisk Boldklub
Number 35
Youth career
–2024 Challenge Football Center
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2026 Brest 4 (0)
2025–2026 Brest B 16 (5)
2026– Akademisk Boldklub 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026

Serigne Saliou Diop (born 12 May 2005) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish 1st Division club Akademisk Boldklub.

Career

As a youth player, Diop joined the youth academy of Senegalese side Challenge Football Center. In 2024, he signed for French Ligue 1 side Brest, where he suffered an ankle injury.[1]

While playing for the club's reserve team, he scored fourteen goals in his first twelve appearances.[2] On 23 February 2025, he debuted for the senior team during a 0―0 away draw with Strasbourg in the league.[3]

On 25 June 2026, Diop signed a three-year deal with Akademisk Boldklub in Denmark.[4]

Style of play

Diop plays as a forward and is right-footed. Speaking to French newspaper Le Télégramme, French manager Franck Kerdilès described him as "a hard worker... a true 9 who's drawn to goal".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Serigne Saliou Diop, buteur brestois en devenir" [Serigne Saliou Diop, Brest striker in the making] (in French). Le Télégramme. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Efficace en R1, Saliou Diop s'impatiente de faire aussi bien en L1" [Effective in R1, Saliou Diop is impatient to do as well in L1] (in French). Ouest-France. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Saliou Diop at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Akademisk Boldklub A/S signs striker Saliou Diop until June 2029". Akademisk Boldklub. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
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