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Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop has died on the age of 42 after a protracted sickness.© AFP
Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop has died on the age of 42 after a protracted sickness, native media and the West African state’s soccer federation mentioned on Sunday. Diop is finest identified in his native nation for scoring the profitable aim in opposition to then defending champions France within the opening match of the 2002 World Cup. The Senegalese squad went on to achieve the quarter-finals of the match earlier than they have been knocked out by Turkey. Diop was additionally a part of the workforce that misplaced to Cameroon on penalties within the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations closing.
He received the 2008 FA Cup with Portsmouth in a membership profession that included stints at French membership Lens, Fulham, West Ham United and Birmingham City.
Victor Cisse, the secretary common of the Senegalese soccer federation, confirmed Diop’s dying to AFP.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall mentioned on Twitter on Sunday it was a “great loss” for the nation.
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