
Photo: Roi González Villa (Vivaelcelta) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Pape Cheikh Diop is a midfielder whose story interests me more than his stat line. Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1997, he represented Spain at youth level before committing to the Senegal national team, and that tug between adopted home and ancestral roots feels like real human drama. Midfielders are the unsung architects of a match, reading the tempo while strikers grab the glory. I admire how he kept searching for his place while moving between Africa and Europe, and the fact that he maintains an official site tells me he's a player who wants to define his own narrative. I'm quietly pulling for him.
Overview
Pape Cheikh Diop Gueye (born 8 August 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Promesas EDF. A youth international for Spain, he plays for the Senegal national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pape Cheikh Diop
- Name (Japanese)
- パペ・シェイク・ディオプ
- Reading
- ぱぺ・しぇいく・でぃおぷ
- Born
- August 8, 1997 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Dakar, Dakar Department, Senegal
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Senegal →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.