Abdoulaye Faye

Abdoulaye Faye

Faye playing for Stoke City in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye
Date of birth	(1978-02-26) 26 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	ASEC Ndiambour	59	(8)
2001–2002	Jeanne d'Arc	32	(4)
2002–2005	Lens	35	(0)
2004–2005	→ Istres (loan)	28	(0)
2005–2007	Bolton Wanderers	60	(3)
2007–2008	Newcastle United	22	(1)
2008–2011	Stoke City	81	(6)
2011–2012	West Ham United	29	(0)
2012–2014	Hull City	34	(4)
2014–2015	Sabah FA	21	(1)
Total		401	(27)
International career
2002–2010	Senegal	36	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender.

Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc in his native Senegal before moving to French side Lens in 2002. After spending time out on loan at Istres he attracted the attentions of Sam Allardyce who signed him for Bolton Wanderers in July 2005. After two seasons at Bolton he followed Allardyce to Newcastle United where he spent one season before joining Stoke City in August 2008 for £2.25 million. Faye became a popular player at the Britannia Stadium in 2008–2009 as he won the player of the year and was named captain by Tony Pulis for the 2009–2010 season. He lost the capacity to Ryan Shawcross for 2010–2011 and then had a third spell working with Allardyce at West Ham United. Faye helped the Hammers gain promotion to the Premier League in 2011–12 before joining Hull City where he was again involved in a promotion winning season in 2012–13 before being released at the end of the 2013–14 season.