en Ibrahima Gueye (footballer, born 1978)

Ibrahima Gueye
Personal information
Full name	Ibrahima Khoume Gueye
Date of birth	19 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Pikine, Senegal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Dakar UC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	Dakar UC
2000–2001	Douanes Dakar
2001–2005	CSKA Sofia
2006	Samsunspor
2006–2008	Red Star Belgrade
2009	Al-Ahli Jeddah
2009–2013	Lokeren
2014	Radnički Niš
International career
	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ibrahima Khoume Gueye (born 19 February 1978) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Gueye started his professional playing career with Dakar UC in Senegal before joining another Senegalese club, AS Douanes. During the summer of 2001, he made his first step into European football as he signed a contract with Bulgarian record title holder CSKA Sofia. Gueye won two national titles during his spell at CSKA Sofia, in 2003 and 2005.

Gueye was later transferred to Turkish Second Division side Samsunspor in February 2006,^[1] only to sign with Serbian club Red Star six months later. In the winter of 2009, he joined Al-Ahli Jeddah. After playing for Lokeren for 3 years, he then signed a one-year contract with Serbian side Radnicki Niš.

He has been capped twice with Senegal national football team, which is one of the reasons he was never selected to play for Bulgaria despite some coaches expressing a wish to call him up to the European country's national team. Initially (in 2006) Gueye declined invitations to play for Bulgaria.^[2] In February 2008, he declared himself available and was called up for a friendly match against Finland, but was subsequently (before making a debut) found ineligible by FIFA due to his previous appearances for Senegal youth.^[3]

Following his retirement in 2014, Gueye has mainly been based in Belgium, but he regularly returns to Senegal. He has turned to business and owns a factory in Dakar that specializes in the production of mango juice^[4] in addition to being engaged in animal husbandry.^[5]

Personal life

Gueye has dual Bulgarian and Senegalese citizenship. He has had 2 children with his ex-wife Fatou Touré. The oldest Marième Gueye (15 years old) and second son Jupiter Amadou Gueye (13). He divorced with Fatou Touré in 2016. He currently lives in Senegal and his children live in Belgium together with their mother.