Papa Bouba Diop

**Papa Bouba Diop** (28 January 1978 – 29 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. He played defensive midfield but he could also play as a centre back. He played at Lens. He played for the national team from 2001 to 2008.

Diop died in Paris on 29 November 2020 from Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 42.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Neuchâtel Xamax|2000–01|Ligue Nationale A|19|4|||||–|||19|4|||
|rowspan="3"|Grasshoppers|2000–01|Ligue Nationale A|11|1|||||–|||11|1||
|2001–02|Ligue Nationale A|18|4|||||7|0|||25|4|||
|rowspan="4"|Lens|2001–02|Ligue 1|5|0|0|0|–|–|–|5|0||||
|2002–03|Ligue 1|16|3|0|0|0|0|4|0|–|20|3||||
|2003–04|Ligue 1|26|3|0|0|2|0|6|2|–|34|5||||
|rowspan="5"|Fulham|2004–05|Premier League|29|6|3|1|3|0|–|–|35|7|||
|2005–06|Premier League|22|2|0|0|1|0|–|–|23|2|||||
|2006–07|Premier League|23|0|1|0|0|0|–|–|24|0|||||
|2007–08|Premier League|2|0|0|0|–|–|–|2|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|Portsmouth|2007–08|Premier League|25|0|5|0|2|0|–|–|32|0|||
|2008–09|Premier League|16|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|1|0|21|0|||
|2009–10|Premier League|12|0|7|0|0|0|–|–|19|0|||||
|AEK Athens|2010–11|Superleague Greece|19|1|6|0|–|5|2|7|1|37|4|||
|West Ham United|2011–12|Championship|16|1|0|0|0|0|–|–|16|1||||
|Birmingham City|2012–13|Championship|2|1|0|0|0|0|–|–|2|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Senegal|2001|5|1|
|2002|14|5|||
|2003|7|1|||
|2004|14|3|||
|2005|5|0|||
|2006|11|1|||
|2007|4|0|||
|2008|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diop goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|8 November 2001|Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|2 February 2002|Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali||1–0|2–1|2002 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||
|3|27 March 2002|Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|4|31 May 2002|Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea||1–0|1–0|2002 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|5|11 June 2002|Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea||2–0|3–3|2002 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|6|3–0|||||||||||||
|7|10 September 2003|Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata, Japan||1–0|1–0|2003 Kirin Challenge Cup||||||||
|8|30 January 2004|Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte, Tunisia||2–0|3–0|2004 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||
|9|20 June 2004|Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo||1–2|1–3|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|10 October 2004|Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia||1–0|3–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|11|3 February 2006|Harras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt||1–1|3–2|2006 Africa Cup of Nations||||||||

## Honours

**Grasshoppers**
- Swiss Super League: 2000–01

**Portsmouth**
- FA Cup: 2007–08

**AEK Athens**
- Greek Cup: 2010–11

**Senegal**
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2002

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Papa Bouba Diop
- **image**: Papa Bouba Diop en mai 2014.JPG
- **caption**: Papa Bouba Diop in 2014
- **full name**: Papa Bouba Diop
- **height**: 1.95 m
- **birth place**: Rufisque, Senegal
- **death place**: Paris, France
- **position**: Defensive midfielder, Defender (association football)#Centre back, centre back
- **youthyears1**: 1994–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Ndeffann Saltigue
- **youthyears2**: 1995–1996
- **youthclubs2**: ASC Diaraf
- **years1**: 1996–1999
- **clubs1**: ASC Diaraf
- **years2**: 1999–2000
- **clubs2**: FC Vevey-Sports 05, Vevey
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: Neuchâtel Xamax
- **caps3**: 19
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2001–2002
- **clubs4**: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers
- **caps4**: 29
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2002–2004
- **clubs5**: RC Lens, Lens
- **caps5**: 47
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 2004–2007
- **clubs6**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps6**: 76
- **goals6**: 8
- **years7**: 2007–2010
- **clubs7**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **caps7**: 53
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2010–2011
- **clubs8**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **caps8**: 19
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2011–2012
- **clubs9**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps9**: 16
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2012–2013
- **clubs10**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps10**: 2
- **goals10**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 261
- **totalgoals**: 26
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2008
- **nationalteam1**: Senegal national football team, Senegal
- **nationalcaps1**: 63
- **nationalgoals1**: 11