Profile El-hadji Diouf

Personal information :

Full name : El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
Date of birth : 15 January 1981
Place of birth : Dakar, Senegal
Height : 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position : Striker/Right winger
Current club : Rangers
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number : 17
Youth career :
Rennes
Sochaux
Senior career :
1998–1999 Sochaux
1999–2000 Rennes
2000–2002 Lens
2002–2005 Liverpool
2004–2005 Bolton Wanderers (loan)
2005–2008 Bolton Wanderers
2008–2009 Sunderland
2009– Blackburn Rovers
2011– Rangers (loan)
National team :
2000–2009 Senegal

Club career

Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers purchased Diouf from Liverpool for an undisclosed payment at first of the 2005/06 season, afterwards they had lent the actor for the 2004/05 season. On 15 September 2005, Diouf scored Bolton's first ever target in a European competition against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in a UEFA Cup suit at the Reebok Stadium. Bolton went on to win the game 2–1. He was largely successful at Bolton and became a fans' pet due to his flair and guide running. Diouf confirmed in an interview with the BBC that he would be retiring Bolton at the end of the 2007/08 season and that his target against Sunderland on three May labeled his final arrival at the Reebok Stadium.

Sunderland

Diouf gestured for Sunderland on 28 July 2008, afterwards Bolton matched to a transfer payment of £2.6 million. He gestured a four year contract at the Stadium of Light afterwards undergoing a medical. Diouf said that he was joyous to attend Sunderland. Then-manager Roy Keane said he was joyous that a actor whoever "teams and adherents hate" had stringed Sunderland: "El-Hadji has invariably been the manner of actor resistance teams and adherents loath, a thorn in the side. That's why we're delighted to now have him in our squad."

Blackburn Rovers

Diouf gestured for Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed payment on thirty January 2009, signing a three-and-half-year sell afterwards just six months at the Stadium of Light, rejoining prior Bolton administrator Sam Allardyce at the club. He frays the figure 18 shirt. He scored his first target for the club against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 11 March 2009 in a 2–1 win. During the summer transfer window, Rovers administrator Sam Allardyce disclosed that Diouf was bought for merely £1 million. Diouf scored his first home target for Rovers at Ewood Park in the club's 3–1 victory across Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 September 2009. On two January 2010, he was sent off in a 3–1 defeat to Aston Villa in the third around of the FA Cup. On 21 March 2010, Diouf scored the equalising target against Chelsea in a 1–1 draw at Ewood Park which unlatched upward the 2010 name race, with Chelsea dipping crucial points. He began the following pair Premier League sport against Birmingham and Burnley; he thereafter prepared his fortieth arrival for the club at Fratton Park playing against bottom-of-the-league side Portsmouth in a 0–0 draw on three April. At the end of the 2009/10 season, he had prepared 27 arrivals, scoring three goals.

Rangers

On the final day of the 2011 winter transfer window, Diouf stringed Scottish Premier League heroes Rangers on lend until the end of the 2010–11 season. He prepared his debut on two February, emanating on as a 20th tiny substitute for injured team mate Lee McCulloch during a 1-0 win across Hearts. He prepared his first begin for Rangers 4 days subsequent in a 2-2 draw with Celtic at Ibrox. He scored his first target for Rangers against Sporting CP in a 2-2 draw in the Europa League with a header in the 20th minute.

In France

Diouf's businessman career has at times been overshadowed via controversy. During his time at Sochaux, he was interested in a succession of incidental transgressions. This resulted in the shift to Rennes, where he was convicted for powering without a licence, and was interested in a car crash. Taking into bill his age and visible remorse, the French courts sentenced Diouf to population service.

In England

During the begin of his early Premier League career, Diouf was interested in a figure of incidents where he spat at fans and resistance players. On 13 March 2003, whilst playing for Liverpool, he was interested in a occurrence as shortly as he spat at Celtic fans during a televised UEFA Cup quarter-final. His club fined him pair weeks' salaries, UEFA gave him a two-match ban, and Diouf was charged with assault. Although Diouf originally pled not guilty, he subsequent altered his prayer to guilty, and was fined £5,000. Whilst he was on lend at Bolton, Diouf was charged via the police for spitting at an 11-year-old Middlesbrough fan during a 1–1 draw in November 2004. Then, on 27 November 2004, Diouf spat in the face of Portsmouth actor Arjan de Zeeuw. He was fined pair weeks' salaries via Bolton and was barred for three sport via the FA afterwards begging guilty to a commission of unacceptable conduct.[20] Bolton administrator Sam Allardyce subsequent disclosed that he assessed sending Diouf to perceive a sports psychologist. On twenty September 2009, Diouf was doubted via police afterwards charges that he had prepared a racial slur to a ball-boy during a suit at Everton, telling him to "fuck off, white boy". Diouf guarded his acts via phrase Everton fans were racially insulting and pitching bananas at him, but police found no evidence of this. In April 2010, Diouf was arrested and charged with motoring offences in Manchester. On eight January 2011, chasing Blackburn's 1-0 win across Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup third around, QPR administrator Neil Warnock blamed Diouf of taunting Jamie Mackie whilst the latter lay on the tone injured with a breached leg and referred to Diouf as "lower than a sewer rat".

International career

Diouf's global career began in April 2000 against Benin. He has earned 41 global caps and scored 16 targets for his country. He played for Senegal in their 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign and was elected to the World Cup All-Star team, afterwards spearheading Senegal to the quarter-finals and victories across France (1–0) and Sweden (2–1). Senegal finally no where 1–0 in extra time to Turkey. He was also fraction of the Senegal team whoever were the runners-up in the 2002 African Cup of Nations. Diouf was barred from global football for four suits in 2004 for a verbal battle on judge Ali Bujsaim. In 2004, he was dubbed in the FIFA 100, a menu of the 125 maximum alive footballers chosen via Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations. In October 2007, Diouf retired from global football, stating he had been frustrated via organisational troubles with the side.[26] However, Senegal bus Henri Kasperczak broadcast subsequent in the month that he would dub Diouf in the following squad. On three April 2009 he re-confirmed his retirement afterwards 41 games.