Abdoulaye M'Baye (born 13 November 1973) is a Senegalese former professional

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who played abroad in Morocco, Tunisia, Norway and China and for the national team.

Club career

M'Baye purportedly started his career in

ASC Diaraf Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' ...

, and then played in Morocco for

Stade Marocain Stade Marocain is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the second division. The club was founded in 1919 and they play at the Stade Ahmed Chhoude. The club is one of three clubs in the based in the capital of Morocco, Rabat. The two ot ...

Wydad de Fès Wydad Athletic de Fès is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the Second division. The club was founded in 1948 and is located in the town of Fès. Wydad Athletic Club de Fès (W.A.F) were promoted from the 2nd Division in 2008–09 ...

and WAC Casablanca. M'Baye joined

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

in 1999, but went on to European football and Tromsø IL in June 2000. The transfer reportedly went through after agent Jon Thorstensen used singer

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as a liaison towards Tromsø. In the

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he became Tromsø's top scorer with 6 goals, but the team was relegated. In 2002 he left Tromsø, first going on trial with

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where he scored in four pre-season friendlies in a row. Set to sign for Start according to an interview on 6 March, two days later the same newspaper reported his signing for Chinese

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. He scored 8 goals, but only carried out one year of his contract.National Football Teams
/ref> In 2003 he did not play competitively for the first eight months of the year, until being signed by

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for the remainder of the season. In March 2005 he joined Aalesunds FK on a one-year contract. After fulfilling it he moved home to Senegal to commence various business ventures.

International career

M'Baye was capped for

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

and was a squad member for the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:M'baye, Abdoulaye 1973 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers ASC Jaraaf players Wydad AC players Wydad de Fès players Club Africain players Tromsø IL players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Vålerenga Fotball players Aalesunds FK players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in China Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in China Eliteserien players Senegal men's international footballers 2000 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football forwards