Mamadou Mbodj

Mamadou Mbodj
Personal information
Full name Pape Mamadou Mbodj
Date of birth (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Žalgiris Vilnius
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Dakar Sacré-Cœur 71 (2)
2014–2015 Red Star Belgrade 8 (1)
2014Napredak Kruševac (loan) 7 (0)
2016– Žalgiris 33 (6)
National team
2012–2013 Senegal U20
2013– Senegal U23

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2016.


Pape Mamadou Mbodj (born 12 March 1993) is a Senegalese football defender who currently plays for FC Žalgiris Vilnius in the A Lyga.

Club career

Pape Mamadou Mbodj was born in Dakar, Senegal.[1] He was playing with football club Dakar Sacré-Cœur until the 2014. While playing for Dakar Sacré-Cœur, he was selected to be part of the Senegalese U-20 squad at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie[2]

For season 2014-15 he joined Red Star Belgrade,[3] but because of many players on his position on the field, he has loaned to Napredak Kruševac.[4] He made his Jelen SuperLiga debut for Napredak Kruševac on 4 October 2014 in away match against Spartak Subotica, ended with draw result 0:0. He was substituted in for Predrag Lazić in the injury time of that match.[5]

International career

Mbodj played in the Senegal U-20[6] team at the 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification.[7] In April 2013 he was part of the first call of Aliou Cisse since becoming the new coach of the Senegalese U-23 team.[8]

References

  1. "Interview décalée - Pape Mamadou MBODJ : <<Roger Mendy est mon idole et j'ai la chance de l'avoir comme un père qui me conseille ! >>". AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur official website (in French). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. Jeux de la francophonie : 28 joueurs de moins de 20 ans présélectionnés at Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise official website, retrieved 13-10-2016 (French)
  3. Мбођ добио уговор, три године у Звезди. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 21 August 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. Мбођ уместо на Карабурми, завршио у Крушевцу. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. "8.Kolo: Spartak - Napredak". Jelen SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. "JOSEPH KOTO JOUE SON AVENIR SUR LE BANC DES U20, A KUMASI FOOT : COUPE DE L'UFOA DES NATIONS 2013". Seneplus football (in French). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. "Football CAN 2013 U20: Les juniors sénégalais se qualifient pour le dernier tour". Panapress (in French). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  8. "Sénégal - Sélection U23 : Aliou Cis é construit son groupe". AFRIK11.com (in French). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2014. line feed character in |title= at position 36 (help)
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