Papa Gueye

Not to be confused with Pape Gueye.

Papa Gueye

Gueye with Metalist Kharkiv
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Metalist Kharkiv (vice-president)
Youth career
1999–2002	Douanes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Douanes	16	(0)
2004–2006	Volyn Lutsk	27	(0)
2006–2015	Metalist Kharkiv	211	(5)
2015–2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	32	(0)
2016	Rostov	5	(0)
2017	Aktobe	9	(0)
2018–2019	Karpaty Lviv	14	(0)
2019–2020	Dnipro-1	13	(0)
2020–2021	Metalist Kharkiv	8	(1)
Total		335	(6)
International career
2012	Senegal Olympic	4	(0)
2012	Senegal	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Papa Gueye (born 7 June 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and current vice-president of Metalist Kharkiv.

Career

On graffiti in Kharkiv, 2010

Papa Gueye with Rostov in 2016

Born in Dakar, Senegal, Gueye grew up in a family of school director (father) and a teacher (mother). He started playing football at 6 years old, attending a football club at school. In 1999, he enrolled in the school football club AS Douanes (Senegal).

Metalist Kharkiv

In 2006 Gueye moved from Volyn Lutsk to Metalist Kharkiv where he played as a central defender and a defensive midfielder.[1] After more than 10 years in Kharkiv he signed a contract with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Rostov

On 31 August 2016, Gueye signed for Russian Premier League side FC Rostov.[2]

FC Aktobe

On 23 February 2017, Gueye signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.[3]

Dnipro-1

In 2019 he moved from Karpaty Lviv to Dnipro-1.[4]

International

When the Metalist coach Myron Markevych was placed as the head coach of the Ukraine national football team in 2010, there were talks of naturalization of Gueye.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7][8]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Volyn Lutsk	2004–05	Ukrainian Premier League	12	0	0	0	–		12	0
	2005–06		15	0	1	0	–		16	0
	Total		27	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
Metalist Kharkiv	2006–07	Ukrainian Premier League	24	1	6	0	–		30	1
	2007–08		29	0	1	0	–		30	0
	2008–09		25	0	3	0	10	0	38	0
	2009–10		30	2	1	0	4	1	35	3
	2010–11		20	1	0	0	8	0	28	1
	2011–12		24	0	0	0	13	2	37	2
	2012–13		25	0	0	0	10	0	35	0
	2013–14		29	1	3	0	2	0	34	1
	2014–15		5	0	2	0	5	0	12	0
	Total		211	5	16	0	52	3	279	8
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2014–15	Ukrainian Premier League	10	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
	2015–16		22	0	5	0	6	0	33	0
	Total		32	0	7	0	6	0	45	0
Rostov	2016–17	Russian Premier League	4	0	1	0	–		5	0
Aktobe	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	9	0	1	0	–		10	0
Career total			283	5	26	0	58	3	367	8

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2012	5	0
	Total	5	0

Honours

Metalist Kharkiv

• Ukrainian Second League: 2020-21

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

• UEFA Europa League Runners-up: 2014–15

Gallery

• 
  Playing for Metalist against Hoverla Uzhhorod in 2014 in the Ukrainian Premier League
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  With Metalist in 2010
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  Playing for Metalist against Malmö in 2011 in the UEFA Europa League
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  Playing for Metalist
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  Playing for Metalist
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  Playing for Metalist
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  Playing for Metalist
• 
  With Metalist goalkeeper Oleksandr Horyainov
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  Playing for Metalist in 2009
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  With Metalist goalkeeper Vladimir Dišljenković
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  Playing for Metalist against Austria Wien in 2011 in the UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Маркевич: "Папа Гуйе - интеллектуал"". football.ua. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с Ростовом". fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). FC Rostov. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
3. "Папа Гуйе подписал контракт с футбольным клубом Актобе". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
4. "Офіційно: Папа Гуйе – гравець СК "Дніпро-1"" (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2019.
5. Шаг навстречу. Луис Адриано и еще 8 иностранцев, рассчитывавших на сборную Украины
6. "P.Gueye". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
7. "Papa Gueye". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
8. "Профайл гравця". ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Football Federation Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

External links

• Papa Gueye at Soccerway
• FC Metalist Kharkiv Player Profile
• Papa Gueye at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)