Pape Diong

Pape Diong
Diong with Strasbourg in 2024
Personal information
Full name Pape Daouda Diong
Date of birth (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 20)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Westerlo
Number 26
Youth career
AF Darou Salam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2024 AF Darou Salam
2024–2026 Strasbourg 9 (1)
2024–2025 → Strasbourg II 4 (0)
2025–2026 → Dunkerque (loan) 26 (0)
2026– Westerlo 1 (0)
International career‡
2023 Senegal U17 4 (0)
2023 Senegal 1 (0)
2025 Senegal U20 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 May 2025

Pape Daouda Diong (born 15 June 2006) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo.

Club career

Diong played in Senegal for AF Darou Salam in Dakar.

On 9 July 2024, Diong joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on a five-year deal.

On 16 July 2025, Diong was loaned to Dunkerque in Ligue 2 for the season.

On 27 August 2026, Diong moved to Westerlo in Belgium with a four-year contract.

International career

He represented Senegal U17 at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, featuring in all four of their matches before they lost to eventual finalist France U17.

He made his debut for the senior Senegal national football team on 9 September 2023, in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Rwanda.

Style of play

Described as a defensive midfielder, he has been compared to Mamadou Lamine Camara who also came through the Darou Salam Football Academy. Whilst playing at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, He reportedly had the highest percentage (85.2%) of defensive duels won in the group stage.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strasbourg 2024–25 Ligue 1 9120—111
2026–27 Ligue 1 0000—00
Total 9120—111
Strasbourg II 2024–25 CFA 1 40——40
Dunkerque (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 2 26020—280
Career total 3914000431

International

As of match played 9 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 202310
Total10

References

  1. ↑ Vegas, Paul (28 December 2023). "Chelsea 'complete deal' for Senegal U17 midfielder Pape Daouda Diong". Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mercato : Strasbourg officialise l'arrivée de Pape Diong, qui devient le 18e joueur sénégalais de l'histoire du club". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Officiel Mercato – Strasbourg annonce l'arrivée de Pape Diong". 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "L'USL Dunkerque accueille Pape Diong (RC Strasbourg) en prêt !" [USL Dunkerque welcomes Pape Diong (RC Strasbourg) on loan!] (in French). USL Dunkerque. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pape Diong strengthens the midfield". KVC Westerlo. 27 August 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Simon (20 December 2023). "Chelsea nearing agreement to sign Pape Daouda Diong". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "SENEGAL VS. RWANDA 1 – 1". Soccerway. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "After the two Lamine Camaras, the revelation Pape Daouda Diong: Senegal spoiled in recovery!". Galsenfoot.an. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Jones, Oliver (20 December 2023). "Who is Pape Daouda Diong? The wonderkid spotted at Chelsea vs Newcastle set to complete transfer". Football London. Retrieved 29 December 2023.