caption fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height article_title position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date image currentclub name nationalgoals
faye playing for stoke city in 2009 abdoulaye diagne-faye 1999 2004 -- 2005 2005 -- 2007 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- -- 2011 2011 -- 2012 2012 -- 2014 2014 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- 2005 asec -rrb- bolton wanderers newcastle united stoke city west ham united ndiambour hull city sabah fa jeanne d'arc lens → istres -lrb- loan 59 7 32 35 26 60 22 81 29 34 8 2 4 0 0 3 1 6 0 4 dakar , senegal senegal 1.88 abdoulaye faye
 defender 35 2002 -- 2010 26 february 1978 abdoulaye diagne-faye cropped.jpg sabah fa abdoulaye faye 2
abdoulaye faye

abdoulaye diagne-faye -lrb- born 26 february 1978 -rrb- , known as abdoulaye faye , is a senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for malaysia premier league side sabah fa .
faye began his career playing for asec ndiambour and jeanne d'arc in his native senegal before moving to french side lens in 2002 .
after spending time out on loan at istres he attracted the attentions of sam allardyce who signed him for bolton wanderers in july 2005 .
after two seasons at bolton he followed allardyce to newcastle united where he spent one season before joining stoke city in august 2008 for # 2.25 million .
faye became a popular player at the britannia stadium in 2008 -- 2009 as he won the player of the year and was named captain by tony pulis for the 2009 -- 2010 season .
he lost the capacity to ryan shawcross for 2010 -- 2011 and then had a third spell working with allardyce at west ham united .
faye helped the hammers gain promotion to the premier league in 2011 -- 12 before joining hull city where he was again involved in a promotion winning season in 2012 -- 13 before being released at the end of the 2013 -- 14 season .
