Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye (born 11 January 1983), commonly known as Aflaye or Abo Bobo, is a

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ese

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who plays for

Al-Suwaiq Club Al-Suwaiq Club () is an Football clubs of Oman, Omani sports club based in Suwayq, Al-Suwaiq. Their professional football (soccer), football section currently plays in the Oman Professional League, the top division of the Oman Football Associati ...

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Club career

Africain

Mouhamed began his professional career in 2000 with

Club Africain Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. In the five years he spent at the

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-based club he helped his team to reach the finals of the

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in 2003.

Marsa

After spending a long five-years spell at the Tunis-based club he moved to

La Marsa La Marsa ( ') is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people. The city is known for its beaches, upscale resid ...

, a coastal town near Tunis where he signed a one-year contract with

AS Marsa Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (), known as AS Marsa or simply ASM for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1939 Club Musulman and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium, ...

. He again helped his Tunisian club to reach the finals of the Tunisian Cup in 2006.

Al-Urooba

In 2006, he moved to the

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and signed a one-year contract with Al-Urooba Club of UAE First Division.

Zarzis

In 2007, he came back to Tunisia and signed a one-year contract with

ES Zarzis Espérance Sportive de Zarzis ( known as ES Zarzis or simply ESZ for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Zarzis. The club was founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua and its colours are yellow, red and black. Their home stadium, Abdess ...

Al-Hamriyah

In 2008, he came back to the United Arab Emirates and signed a one-year contract with another UAE First Division club, Al-Hamriyah.

Masfoot

After a short one-year spell with Al-Hamriyah, he signed a one-year contract with another UAE First Division club, Masfoot.

Al-Suwaiq

In 2011, he moved to

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

and signed a one-year contract with

. He scored 4 goals in

2011–12 Oman Elite League The 2011–12 Oman Elite League (known as the ''Omantel Elite League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the top football league in Oman. It began on 25 September 2011 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2012, but for the first t ...

. He made his

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debut on 6 March 2012 in a 2-0 loss against

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i side Al-Qadsia and scored his first goal in the competition 11 April 2012 in a 2-0 win over

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n side,

Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo Al-Ittihad Ahli of Aleppo Sports Club () also known as Al-Ittihad Ahli, is a professional multi-sports club based in the Syrian city of Aleppo, mostly known for its football team which competes in the Syrian Premier League, the top league of Syr ...

. He scored 2 goals in 6 appearances in the

2012 AFC Cup The 2012 AFC Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Al-Kuwait from Kuwait won their second AFC Cup title in four year ...

for the

Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq Club () is an Omani sports club based in Al-Suwaiq. Their professional football section currently plays in the Oman Professional League, the top division of the Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Al-Seeb Stadium. Histor ...

-based club.

Dhofar

At the end of the 2011–12 season, he moved to

Salalah Salalah () is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani Governorates of Oman, governorate of Dhofar Governorate, Dhofar. It has a population close to 331,949. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest ...

and signed a six-months contract with

Dhofar S.C.S.C. Dhofar Sports, Cultural and Social Club ( is an Omani sports club based in Salalah, Oman. The club currently plays in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association, Omani football. Their home ground is Al-Saada Stadium, ...

He scored 3 goals in the

2012–13 Oman Elite League The 2012–13 Oman Elite League (known as the '' Omantel Elite League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the top football league in Oman. It began on 4 October 2012 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2013, but for the second s ...

Al-Nahda

In January 2013, he signed a six-month contract with Al-Nahda Club. He scored 4 goals for the club in the 2012–13 Oman Elite League and 3 goals in the 2012 Sultan Qaboos Cup. At the end of the 2012-13 season, he signed a one-year contract extension with the

Al-Buraimi Al Buraimi () is an oasis city and a ''wilayah'' (province) in northern Oman, on the border with the U.A.E. It is the capital of Al Buraimi Governorate and is located approximately from the national capital Muscat. It is bordered by the U.A.E. ...

-based club. He scored 13 goals in 22 appearances in the

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, 2 goals in 5 appearances in the 2013 Sultan Qaboos Cup. He also made his debut in the

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on 3 March 2014 in a 1-1 draw against

i side, Al-Nasr SC and scored his first goal in the competition on 12 March 2014 in a 2-0 win over

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i side,

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. He scored 1 goal in 6 appearances in the

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. He finished as the second top-scorer of the 2013-14 Oman Professional League, with his team mate, Juma Saeed along with

's Mohammed Al-Ghassani leading the top scorer chart with 16 goals each. He helped his club to win the 2013-14 Oman Professional League, achieve the runners-up place in the 2013 Sultan Qaboos Cup and reach the semi-finals of the 2014 GCC Champions League.

Al-Nasr

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Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club (; also known locally as ''Al-Malik'', or "The King", or just plainly as Al-Nasr) is an Football clubs of Oman, Omani sports club based in Salalah, in southern Oman. The club currently plays in the Oman ...

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2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup The 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup was the 42nd edition of the Sultan Qaboos Cup (), the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Oman. The competition began on 9 October 2014 with the qualification round. Fanja SC were the defending champ ...

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2014–15 Oman Professional League The 2014–15 Oman Professional League (known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 39th edition of the top football league in Oman. The season began on 11 September 2014, and concluded on 28 May 2015. Al-Nahda C ...

File:AbovsKhaboora.jpg, Training On 11 June 2014, he moved back to

and signed a one-year contract with rivals of his former club Dhofar S.C.S.C.,

He made his debut for the Salalah-based club on 11 September 2014 in a 1-1 draw against

Sohar SC Sohar Sporting Club () is an Football clubs of Oman, Omani sports club based in Sohar, Oman. The club currently plays in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is in City of Sohar. History The ...

. His highlight of the

season was a brace in a 3-0 victory over fierce rivals and his former club, Dhofar S.C.S.C. in a match that is also famous as the Oman Derby. Both the goals came from free-kicks in the 2nd half as the Senegalese swirled the ball past Dhofar's goalkeeper and

i international, Hani Al-Sabti.

Back to Al-Suwaiq

On 26 July 2015, he signed a one-year contract with his first and foremost club in Oman, Al-Suwaiq Club and thus he was unveiled as the first professional signing of the club for the 2015–16 Oman Professional League. He made his first appearance and scored his first goal in the 2015-16 Oman Professional League on 13 September 2015 in a 2-1 win over his former club, Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. as he converted the spot kick into a goal against Al-Nasr's Omani international goalkeeper,

Faiz Al-Rushaidi Faiz Issa Khadoom Al-Rushaidi (; born 19 July 1988), commonly known as Faiz Al-Rushaidi, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Suwaiq in the Oman Professional League. Club career On 3 June 2014, he signed a contract with 2014 GCC Champions ...

Club career statistics

Honours

Club Africain *

runner-up: 2003, 2006 Al-Suwaiq *

Oman Super Cup The Oman Super Cup () is an Omani football cup competition. It has been played on and off since the first edition was held in 1999. It is the curtain raiser to the Omani football season. It pairs the previous season's Sultan Qaboos Cup winners aga ...

runner-up: 2011 Al-Nahda *

: 2013–14 *

Sultan Qaboos Cup The Sultan Qaboos Cup (), also known as the HM's Cup, is Oman's premier knockout tournament for men's football. It was officially founded in 1972 and the champions of that first edition were Al-Ahli. It was briefly known as Oman Cup. Currently, t ...

runner-up

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, 2013–14

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaye, Mouhamed 1983 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese Muslims Senegalese men's footballers 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Marsa players ES Zarzis players Suwaiq Club players Dhofar Club players Al-Nahda Club (Oman) players Al Nasr SCSC (Salalah) players Al Orooba Club players Masfout Club players Al Hamriyah Club players UAE First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Oman Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Oman