Albaye Papa Diop is a football player from Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. The defensive midfielder currently plays in Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 for Shkumbini Peqin. He is also currently being considered as a candidate for the Albanian national team

Albania national football team

The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

 by coach Josip Kuže

Josip Kuže

Josip Kuže is a Croatian football coach and former player. He was a player and later coach of Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1971-1981 making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals.-Playing career:...

, even though he was born in Senegal. Another African player Abraham Alechenwu

Abraham Alechenwu

Abraham Alechenwu is a Nigerian football player. He is currently play with KS Vllaznia in Albanian Superliga. His main position is left back but he can also play as a left winger when needed. He has spent all of his professional playing career in Albania and is now fluent in the Albanian language...

 has also been linked with a possible call up by Albania, but this has not yet happened.

Career

He has previously played for Dinamo Bucureşti

Dinamo Bucuresti

Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. Dinamo is one of the two most successful football teams in Romania, having won 18 Romanian Liga I titles, 12 Romanian Cups and 1 Romanian Supercup....

 in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 and FC Aarau

FC Aarau

FC Aarau is a Swiss football club, based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League.-History:FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local brewery. The early days of the club were a success and they won the Swiss championship in 1911/12 and then again in 1913/14...

 in Switzerland at youth level but never managed to make it into their first teams. He signed for Dinamo Tirana in the summer of 2005. Since joining the Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

 club he has established himself in the first team and become one of the best foreign players to have ever played in Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. Papa Diop has played over 100 league games and scored 8 goals for the Albanian club and he also played a key role in Dinamo's title winning season of 2007-2008. He has played for Dinamo Tirana in the UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

, UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 and UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

.He is currently playing for Al Faysaly in Saudi Premier League.

International career

Because Papa Diop has not yet featured for Senegal

Senegal national football team

The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football...

 he is still eligible to play for another international team. Josip Kuže, the coach of Albania

Albania national football team

The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

 expressed his desire to have the Senegalese defensive midfielder in his team for the upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers.