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Magaye Serigne Falilou Dit Nelson Gueye (born 6 July 1990) is a professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club
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. He is a former French youth and under-21 international, but in 2012 he accepted a call up from Senegal for the Olympic games tournament, eligible due to his
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese parentage. Gueye started his professional career with
RC 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 ...
in France, before moving to Everton in 2010. He made 24 appearances for Everton in four seasons, spending time on loan at
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, before leaving the club and joining Millwall in 2014. He was a talented sprinter but stopped to focus on his football career. His 100m personal best remains 10.13s.


Club career


Strasbourg

Gueye was born in
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to
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese parents and began his career in the
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region playing for local club US Lognes in the eastern suburbs of Paris. In 2002, at the age of 12, he joined the youth academy of
RC 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 ...
. Gueye quickly progressed through the youth ranks, where he helped the under-18 squad reach the semi-finals of the 2008
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. For the 2008–09 season, he was promoted to the club's
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team, appearing in 13 matches and scoring two goals. He also assisted on three goals. On 30 October, Gueye signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal until June 2012. He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 4 shirt. Gueye made his professional debut on 3 November 2008 in the club's league match against
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appearing as a substitute for the Brazilian
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in a 1–1 draw. He made his first career start several months later on 10 April 2009, this time in a 4–1 defeat to Lens. Gueye switched to the number 8 shirt for the 2009–10 season and scored his first professional goal in the club's first match of the season against
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in the
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. However, Strasbourg lost the match 6–1. He continued his streak of proficient goalscoring by scoring a goal in each of the club's first five league matches against
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,
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, Arles-Avignon,
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, and Sedan. Gueye later suffered a severe
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injury and missed both November and December. Following the winter break, he returned to the team and in his first match back, he provided the assist for Strasbourg's only goal in their 3–1 loss to
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in the
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. However, later in the match, Gueye suffered an injury to his knee. The injury was, initially, diagnosed as torn ligaments, however, after further medical analysis, it was reduced to only a sprain. Gueye missed six weeks, as opposed to six months had he torn the ligaments.


Everton

In June 2010, Gueye joined English club Everton, signing a five-year contract, for a fee of £1m. He made his début in a 1–0 victory over
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on a pre-season tour of Australia the following month. Gueye scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over
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a week later. He made his competitive début for the Blues in their first League Cup match of the 2010–11 season, starting on the field in a 5–1 victory over
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. His first league appearance for Everton came on 2 April 2011, as a substitute for
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in a 2–2 draw against
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. His first Premier League start was in a 3–0 win against
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on 9 April 2011. Gueye was influential in Everton's
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quarter-final replay victory at Sunderland on 27 March 2012, assisting
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for Everton's first of the game and securing the club's third appearance at
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in as many years. On 9 April 2012, Gueye's first
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goal came in a 4–0 win over
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, smashing in the opener from a rebound from a
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effort. He also made two assists in the match. He scored his only goal of the 2012–13 season on 29 August 2012, volleying in a
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cross in a
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second round tie at home to
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. In January 2014 he scored his third and final goal for Everton in the
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against
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, in what was his only appearance of the 2013-14 season. On 13 June 2014, Gueye left the club by mutual consent.


Stade Brestois 29

In January 2013, Gueye joined French club
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on loan for the rest of the 2012–13 season. He made his debut on 9 February 2013 against
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but could not prevent a 2–1 loss for Brest. Gueye made a total of eight appearances for the club.


Millwall

Gueye joined Millwall on 25 July 2014 on a one-year contract with an option for a further 12 months. He scored his first goal for the Lions against Sheffield Wednesday, denying the hosts victory in the 94th minute. Gueye left the club in July 2015 after his contract wasn't renewed.


Qarabağ

On 17 July 2019, Gueye signed a two-year contract with
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. On 6 August 2019, Gueye scored his first goal for
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against
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at third qualifying round of
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. On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.


Dinamo București

On 7 October 2020, Gueye signed a two-year contract with
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. He made his debut for the second Dinamo team, scoring two goals. For the first team, he played his first match on 18 October when he came on in the 74th minute during a match against Universitatea Craiova, a 0–1 home defeat. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in a match against
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, with a
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. In March 2021, after Dinamo - FCSB, Gueye underwent an anti-doping test and was said to have used cocaine. Thus, he was fired by Dinamo.


International career


France

Gueye featured with the under-16 team early on during his development, but appeared with neither the under-17s nor the under-18s in competition. He returned with the under-19 team making his debut in an under-19 tournament held in Denmark. He participated with the team in the qualification for the
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scoring goals against
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and
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. In the tournament, he scored the team's only goal in their 3–1 loss to
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in the semi-finals. On 27 August, he was called up to the under-21 team for their
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matches against
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and the
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. He earned his first under-21 cap in the match against Slovenia appearing as a substitute. On 12 May 2010, Gueye was called up to the under-20 team by coach Patrick Gonfalone to participate in the
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. In the team's second group stage match against
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, he scored the second goal, converting a penalty, in the team's 4–1 victory.


Senegal

In June 2012, Gueye completed paperwork to become eligible to represent Senegal internationally. The following month, he accepted a call-up from
Joseph Koto Joseph Koto (born 1. January 1960, died 14. October 2021) was a Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; ...
and was named in Senegal's Olympic squad for London 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament.


Honours

;Adanaspor *
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: 2015–16 ;Qarabağ FK *
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: 2019–20


References


External links

* * * *
FFF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gueye, Magaye 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Nogent-sur-Marne France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French footballers Citizens of Senegal through descent Senegalese footballers Men's association football forwards RC Strasbourg Alsace players Everton F.C. players Stade Brestois 29 players Millwall F.C. players Adanaspor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Qarabağ FK players FC Dinamo București players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Liga I players Olympic footballers for Senegal Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics French expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Romania French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Footballers from Val-de-Marne