Ibrahima Khoume 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 Al-Ahli Jeddah. 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

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. He has turned to

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and owns a factory in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

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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: 2011–12 Cska Sofia * Bulgarian A PFG: 2002–03, 2004–05 Red Star Belgrade *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

: 2006–07 *

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: 2006–07

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gueye, Ibrahima 1978 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Men's association football defenders AS Douanes (Senegal) players PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Samsunspor footballers Süper Lig players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Radnički Niš players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Belgian Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Saudi FC players Saudi Pro League players