Mor Serigne Diop (born 29 September 1988) is a French

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Career

Diop was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France. He played in Ukraine for

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...

, spent the 2006–07 season on loan to

FC Stal Alchevsk FC Stal Alchevsk was a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. In the 2012–13 season the club won promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League, but the club refused this promotion "for the sak ...

and Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. In August 2008 he moved to Cyprus and

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

before playing on loan for

PAEEK FC PAEEK (; short for Ποδοσφαιρική Αθλητική Ένωσις Επαρχίας Κερύνειας, ''Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosis Eparxeias Kerynias'', translated as "Football and Sport Union of Kyrenia District", literally "Footb ...

. He then played for Spanish side

SE Eivissa-Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza-Eivissa was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ibiza Town, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1995, it last played in ''Regional de ...

. On 22 October 2009, Diop was one of four new players brought to

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

by new manager

Steve Staunton Stephen Staunton (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish football manager, scout and former professional footballer. He played as a defender with two separate spells each with Premier League sides Aston Villa and Liverpool. He also played in the F ...

. Diop was signed on a short-term contract, although he needed international clearance to officially complete his signing and picked up a slight muscle injury ruling him out of that weekend's league trip to

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. He scored his first goal for Darlington in a 3-1 FA Cup defeat at Barnet on 7 November 2009. He was one of several players released early from their Darlington contracts towards the end of the 2009–10 season. On 29 October 2015, Diop signed for Bedford Town FC, teaming up with former Hereford United manager Jon Taylor.https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/bedford-town/appearances/2015-2016/serigne-mor-diop/42618 He signed for Rushall Olympic F.C. in 2016.

Honours

PAEEK FC *

Cypriot Third Division The Cypriot Third Division (Greek language, Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier Association football, football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing ...

: 2007–08

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at Aylesbury United 1988 births Living people Men's association football forwards French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Paris Beerschot A.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players FC Stal Alchevsk players FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Arsenal Kyiv players Apollon Limassol FC players PAEEK FC players Darlington F.C. players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine French expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ukrainian Premier League players English Football League players Rushall Olympic F.C. players Redditch United F.C. players Bedford Town F.C. players Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1980s-stub