El Hadji Diouf (born 20 August 1988) is a
Senegalese
footballer
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, who is currently playing for
FC Zenit Čáslav
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in the
Czech 2. Liga
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Career
Discovered by AEK's Dutch scout Eugene Gerrards, the young Senegalese midfielder left local club
ASC Xam-Xam for
AEK Athens F.C. in 2007. Diouf began playing with the youth team and has been on four loan stints. He made his senior team debut for AEK on February 25, 2009 against
Skoda Xanthi
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in the
Greek Cup quarter-finals. Coming on in the 80th minute he provided a much needed spark off the bench which led to AEK scoring the winning goal. He made his league debut three days later, again, against
Skoda Xanthi
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Dakar
Senegalese men's footballers
Serer sportspeople
Men's association football midfielders
Super League Greece players
Primeira Liga players
ASC Xam-Xam players
AEK Athens F.C. players
Vitória F.C. players
Szombathelyi Haladás footballers
Ilisiakos F.C. players
Anagennisi Karditsa F.C. players
FC Botoșani players
FK Čáslav players
Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
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