Papa Gueye

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.

Not to be confused with Pape Gueye.

Papa Gueye
Gueye with Metalist Kharkiv
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984
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

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Volyn Lutsk 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League 12000–120
2005–06 15010–160
Total 2701000280
Metalist Kharkiv 2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League 24160–301
2007–08 29010–300
2008–09 25030100380
2009–10 3021041353
2010–11 2010080281
2011–12 24000132372
2012–13 25000100350
2013–14 2913020341
2014–15 502050120
Total 21151605232798
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 1002000120
2015–16 2205060330
Total 3207060450
Rostov 2016–17 Russian Premier League 4010–50
Aktobe 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 9010–100
Career total 28352605833678

    International
    Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Senegal 201250
    Total50

    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. "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.
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