El Hadji Diouf

Biography

El-Hadji Diouf (born 15 January, 1981) is a Senegalese (Senegalese: A native or inhabitant of Senegal) football (football: Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal) er. He plays for Bolton Wanderers F.C. (Bolton Wanderers F.C.: bolton wanderers f.c. is an english professional football (soccer)|football club....
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Liverpool F.C. (Liverpool F.C.: more facts about this subject) bought Diouf from the French (French: The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) club Lens (Lens: A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images) for £10,000,000 in summer 2002, just after Senegal's impressive 2002 World Cup (2002 World Cup: more facts about this subject) run, beating holders France (France: A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) and getting to the quarter final. Diouf was named African Player of the Year in February 2003 for the second year running, for helping Senegal come runner up in African Nations Cup (African Nations Cup: the african nations cup (more formally the african cup of nations) is the main national football...
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) on a loan spell. Diouf had to contend with Milan Baros (Milan Baros: more facts about this subject) and Emile Heskey (Emile Heskey: more facts about this subject) for the place up front next to Michael Owen (Michael Owen: more facts about this subject) , whilst dealing with suspensions and fines, such as the spitting incident against Celtic (Celtic: A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era) in the UEFA Cup (UEFA Cup: a second tournament took place between 1958 and 1960, all tournaments since have been held on a...
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Since then, Diouf has been involved in several other controversies,such as spitting in Ajran De Zeeuw's (Portsmouth FC captain) face which led to the Diouf cult being formed by Matthew Burkmar and Gary Thomasson. but his current manager Sam Allardyce has stood by him and is actively trying to help him curb his bad on-field behaviour.

His international career started in April 2000 against Benin (Benin: A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control) ; Diouf has earned over 30 international caps and scored over 15 goals for his country. In 2004, he was named to the FIFA 100 (FIFA 100: on march 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in london, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation...
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