Fary Faye (born 24 December 1974) is a Senegalese former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his career in Portugal (19 years), most notably with

Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

and Boavista. At one point he ranked in the country's

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scoring list's ''Top 5'', eventually amassing competition totals of 222 matches and 68 goals over ten seasons.

Club career

Born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

, Fary began his career with

ASC Jaraaf 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'' ...

in his native country, then started his Portuguese adventure in 1996, signing with lowly

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alongside his compatriot and teammate Khadim Faye and remaining with the

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club for two seasons, before moving to S.C. Beira-Mar. From 1998 to 2003, Fary was an ever-present fixture in the top scorer's list in Portugal, hitting an average of one goal every three games in the

. In the 2002–03 campaign he became top scorer netting 18 times for the Aveiro team, which finished 13th. Fary signed for

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in summer 2003, but his role gradually diminished compared to his previous spell. In 2006–07 he went scoreless in 23 appearances, although only three of those were as a starter. In July 2008, upon Boavista's

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to the Segunda Liga, Fary returned to his first Portuguese professional club Beira-Mar, also in that tier. After appearing rarely as the team returned to the top flight in 2010 after a three-year absence – four matches, no goals – the 35-year-old joined another side in the nation,

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

. Fary represented Boavista from

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, with the better part of that spell being spent in the third division. On 2 July 2015, immediately after retiring, the 40-year-old was named their new director of football.

International career

Fary was part of the

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

squad at the

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which reached the quarter-finals, losing to

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Honours

Beira-Mar * Taça de Portugal: 1998–99 * Segunda Liga: 2009–10 Individual * Primeira Liga top scorer: 2002–03

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Faye, Fary 1974 births Living people Serer sportspeople Senegalese men's footballers Footballers from Dakar Men's association football forwards ASC Jaraaf players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players União Montemor players S.C. Beira-Mar players Boavista F.C. players C.D. Aves players Senegal men's international footballers 2000 African Cup of Nations players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Faye dynasty