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
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

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. ^ a b "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.