Pape Malick Diop (born 29 December 1974) is a Senegalese former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender. He played for

Racing Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

(France),

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

(Switzerland) and

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; commonly referred to FC Lorient or simply Lorient) is a French association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French ...

(France). At international level, he represented the Senegal national team and was a participant at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. He is often confused with

Pape Seydou Diop Pape Seydou Diop (born 12 January 1979) is a Senegalese retired international footballer. Seydou Diop has played for Lens, Valenciennes, Norwich, RCF Paris, Aarau, Dinamo București, Levallois and Arras Football. He made three appearances an ...

who played limited games for

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

. Whilst at Lorient Diop played in the

2002 Coupe de France Final The 2002 Coupe de France Final was a association football, football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis on 11 May 2002, that saw FC Lorient defeat SC Bastia 1–0 thanks to a goal by Jean-Claude Darchevi ...

in which they beat

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...

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Prifile at LPF
* 1974 births Living people Senegalese footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegal men's international footballers French sportspeople of Senegalese descent 2002 FIFA World Cup players ASC Jeanne d'Arc players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Lorient players En Avant Guingamp players FC Metz players Swiss Super League players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Expatriate footballers in Switzerland 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football defenders {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub