Pape Omar Faye (born 1 January 1987) is a Senegalese

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who plays for Becamex Bình Dương.

Career

Faye started his career at Senegal. In 2005-06 he landed in Europe and played for Swiss side

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. In Sept 2005, Faye made his debut in the

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in 87th minute as a substitute for Mauro Lustrinelli in the opening game of the group stage against Arsenal F.C. in

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. He also played in the

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for

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. Faye was a member of the 2009 match-fixing scandal and was suspended for one game. In the course of the determinations from the

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was fired without notice on 25 January 2010. In May 2010, he was given an open-ended suspension. Teammate Eldar Ikanović and former teammate David Blumer were also banned. In January 2011, he signed a contract with Thanh Hóa F.C after a short time trial . He made Thanh Hóa F.C debut in 2011 Vietnamese Cup first round match against Hồ Chí Minh City F.C. and scored a goal in 57th minute . In the second round of 2011 Vietnamese Cup, he scored two goals and helped his team advance to quarterfinals with penalty won over Đà Nẵng F.C. On 1 May 2011, he scored 3 goals in a match against XM The Vissai Ninh Bình in Thanh Hóa Stadium helped

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win 3-1 and moved up to 4th position of

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after 13 round. On 8 June, he scored the first away goal under the Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa F.C. jersey in the match his team was drawn with XM The Vissai Ninh Bình in the 18th round of

On 10 July 2011, he scored 4 goals in the match against

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and help his team win this match with score 4-1. In 2012, Thanh Hóa F.C. discovered his ban imposed by the FIFA, so they terminated the contract with him. According to Senegal's media, he was out of ban from football in December 2014 and played for

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in Senegal during this time.

Honours

Club

;Hà Nội FC *

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: 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faye, Pape Omar 1987 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers FC Vaduz players FC Thun players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Coton Sport FC de Garoua players Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein Swiss Super League players Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Men's association football forwards Thanh Hóa FC players ASC Jaraaf players Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Hanoi FC players V.League 1 players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Pape Omar Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein]