Yatma Diop

Yatma Diop
Personal information
Full name Moustapha Diop
Date of birth (1943-04-30) 30 April 1943
Place of birth Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Avenir Dakar
1962–1963 Foyer de Jeunes de Casamance
1962–1963 Foyer France Sénégal
1966–1967 Annecy
1967–1968 Foyer France Sénégal
1968–1971 Amiens 17+ (6+)
International career
1967–1968 Senegal 5+ (2+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moustapha Diop (born 30 April 1943), also known as Yatma Diop, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Diop started his career as a goalkeeper, but switched to being a forward following an injury. Additionally, he played basketball in his youth for Trésor Sporting Club.[1] He played for Avenir Dakar, Foyer de Jeunes de Casamance, and Foyer France Sénégal, before joining French side Annecy in 1966, becoming one of the first West African footballers to play in Europe.[2] In 1968, he won the double with Foyer France Sénégal, winning both the Ligue 1 title and the Senegal FA Cup, where he scored a hat-trick in the final against US Gorée. He retired from football in 1971, at the age of 28.[1]

Diop played for the Senegal national team during the 1960s,[3] becoming the first Senegalese player based outside the country to play for the national team.[1] He played for Senegal at the 1968 African Cup of Nations, scoring twice in the group stage,[4] and being named one of the best players of the tournament.[1]

By 2024, he was the technical director of ASC Jaraaf.[5]

Personal life

His son, Malick, is a football manager, who was the manager of US Ouakam in 2014.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ""Histoires de CAN" avec Yatma Diop, un génie du football Sénégalais des années 1960…" ["AFCON Stories" with Yatma Diop, a genius of Senegalese football from the 1960s…]. Dakaractu (in French). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Dove, Ed (9 November 2022). "Senegal's Ultimate Dream Team: Who would make an all-time Teranga Lions World Cup squad?". Goal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yatma Diop (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Knight, Ken; Morrison, Neil (6 July 2016). "African Nations Cup 1968". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Itinéraire : Le tout Puissant Jaraaf de 1969-1970 – ASC Jaraaf". ASC Jaraaf (in French). 29 October 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Sénégal: Malick Diop - "Etre le fils de Yatma Diop n'est nullement une pression"" [Senegal: Malick Diop - "Being the son of Yatma Diop is in no way a pressure"]. allAfrica (in French). APS. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
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