Ibrahima Gueye (born 19 February 1978) is a Senegalese former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Gueye started his professional playing career with Dakar UC in Senegal before joining another Senegalese club, AS Douanes. During the summer of 2001, he made his first step into

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an football as he signed a contract with Bulgarian record title holder

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. Gueye won two national titles during his spell at CSKA Sofia, in 2003 and 2005. Gueye was later transferred to Turkish Second Division side

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in February 2006, only to sign with Serbian club

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six months later. In the winter of 2009, he joined

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. After playing for Lokeren for 3 years, he then signed a one-year contract with Serbian side Radnicki Niš. He has been capped twice with

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, which is one of the reasons he was never selected to play for

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despite some coaches expressing a wish to call him up to the European country's national team. Initially (in 2006) Gueye declined invitations to play for Bulgaria. In February 2008, he declared himself available and was called up for a friendly match against

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, but was subsequently (before making a debut) found ineligible by FIFA due to his previous appearances for Senegal youth. Following his retirement in 2014, Gueye has mainly been based in Belgium, but he regularly returns to

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

. He has turned to

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and owns a factory in

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that specializes in the production of

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juice in addition to being engaged in

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Personal life

Gueye has dual Bulgarian and Senegalese citizenship. He has had 2 children with his ex-wife Fatou Touré. The oldest Marième Gueye (15 years old) and second son Jupiter Amadou Gueye (13). He divorced with Fatou Touré in 2016. He currently lives in Senegal and his children live in Belgium together with their mother.

Honours

Lokeren *

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: 2012 Belgian Cup Final, 2011–12 Cska Sofia *

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

: 2002–03, 2004–05 Red Star Belgrade *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

: 2006–07 *

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: 2006–07

References

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