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Key facts
- 2005
- → Birmingham City (loan)
- Full name
- Salif Alassane Diao
- Date of birth
- ( 1977-02-10 ) 10 February 1977 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Kédougou , Senegal
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1996 2000
- Monaco
- 1996 1997
- → Épinal (loan)
- 2000 2002
- Sedan
- 2002 2007
- Liverpool
- 2005 2006
- → Portsmouth (loan)
- 2006 2007
- → Stoke City (loan)
- 2007 2012
- Stoke City
- 2000 2009
- Senegal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Kédougou
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 2004 African Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Stoke City F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Senegal
- Image
- Sali Diao Arsenal v Stoke City FC.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- date of birth
- 1977-02-10
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- Salif Diao
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Salif Alassane Diao (born 10 February 1977) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Diao moved from Senegal to France when he was seventeen and started his career at Monaco, with whom he helped with the Trophée des Champions and Division 1. He failed to hold down a regular place at Monaco and moved to Sedan in 2000. Diao then had an impressive 2002 World Cup with Senegal, which attracted the attention of several Premier League sides. It was Liverpool who won the race and signed Diao for £5 million in 2002.
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