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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Moustapha Name | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Pafos | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | AS Douanes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Pau FC | 56 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Paris FC | 67 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Pafos | 69 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Senegal | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Moustapha Name (born 5 May 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Senegal national team.
Club career
AS Douanes
Moustapha Name started his career at AS Douanes in his native Senegal in 2016. During the 2017–18 season, he scored ten goals in the Senegal Premier League.
Pau
In 2018, Name joined Pau and adapted quickly to French football in the Béarnese capital. In his second season, he occasionally captained the team.
In the 2019–20 Coupe de France, Pau reached the round of 16 and lost to a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) side that went on to win the entire competition. The 2019–20 season was very successful for both Name and Pau; Pau achieved promoted to Ligue 2, and Name's displays against Ligue 1 heavyweights Bordeaux and PSG in the Coupe de France helped him make a name for himself.
Paris FC
On 27 June 2020, Name signed with Paris FC after successful seasons with Pau in the Championnat National. He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 3–0 Ligue 2 win over Chambly on 22 August 2020.
International career
Name debuted with the Senegal national team in a 2–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Guinea Bissau on 11 November 2020.
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.
Name was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 22 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pau FC | 2018–19 | Championnat National | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 5 | ||
| Total | 56 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 9 | ||
| Paris FC | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 10 | ||
| 2022–23 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 69 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 15 | ||
| Pafos | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 |
| 2023–24 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Total | 56 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 181 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 200 | 31 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, Cypriot Cup
Honours
Pafos
Senegal
Orders
References
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Senegal (SEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 25. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- Bri, Kévin (27 June 2020). "Moustapha Name rejoint le Paris FC".
- "Chambly vs. Paris FC - 22 August 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- "Sénégal – Guinée-Bissau (2–0) / Moustapha Name : " Une excellente première pour moi ... " – Equipe nationale Football, Football". 11 November 2020.
- "Cisse unveils Senegal squad, hopes for elusive TotalEnergies AFCON title". Confederation of African Football. 25 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "Senegal 0–0 Egypt". BBC Sport. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Cash prizes, real estate, and highest honours as Senegal celebrates Nations Cup heroes". Reuters. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "Cheikhou Kouyaté". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- Καρτσάκης, Νίκος (18 May 2024). "Ομόνοια - Πάφος 0-3: Έγραψαν ιστορία οι Παφίτες, κατακτώντας το πρώτο Κύπελλο της ιστορίας τους". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
- Moustapha Name at Soccerway
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Dakar
- Senegalese men's footballers
- 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Senegal men's international footballers
- Ligue 1 (Senegal) players
- Championnat National players
- Ligue 2 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AS Douanes (Senegal) players
- Paris FC players
- Pau FC players
- Pafos FC players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal