Fatou Dioup (; born 5 May 1994) is a Mauritanian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for Moroccan Féminine club
ASSA Zag and the
Mauritania national team.
Club career
Dioup has played for Strasbourg Vauban, Saint-Denis and
ASSA Zag in Morocco.
International career
Dioup was capped for
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
at senior level during their first ever international match (
friendly). She scored Mauritania's first-ever international goal.
Career statistics
International
''Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first''
See also
*
List of Mauritania women's international footballers
References
1995 births
Living people
Mauritanian women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Mauritania women's international footballers
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