Khassimirou Diop

Khassimirou Diop
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cholet B
Youth career
1999–2006 FC Nantes B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 FC Nantes 5 (0)
2009 → Aviron Bayonnais (loan)
2009–2010 → USJA Carquefou (loan)
2011–2012 UJA Alfortville 5 (0)
2012–2013 JA Drancy 2 (0)
2013–2015 Cholet 47 (3)
2015–2016 GSI Pontivy 6 (0)
2015–2018 Cholet 35 (1)
2020 Cholet 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:28, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Khassimirou Diop (born 28 December 1986) is a Senegalese footballer who is a junior-level coach, and still registered to play as a midfielder, with French side Cholet B.

Career

Diop arrived in France at the age of 13, and joined the training center of FC Nantes. He made his debut at the professional level for Nantes as a second half substitute in the Ligue 1 game against Sochaux on 14 October 2016.[1][2]

After leaving Nantes he played in the fourth tier with UJA Alfortville and JA Drancy before joining SO Cholet in the fifth tier. He was part of the Cholet side which achieved promotion from Championnat de France Amateur 2 in 2015 and Championnat de France Amateur 2 in 2017. Now a coach with the U10 side at Cholet, despite not playing since for the first team since May 2018 he remains available to be called up, as happened in November 2020.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entretien avec... Khassimirou Diop, Éducateur U10" (in French). SO Cholet. 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Nantes vs. Sochaux 0-2". Soccerway. 14 October 2006.


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