Ibrahima Faye is a 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...

ese professional football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player, currently a free agent.

Faye and was born in Pout, a small village near the city of Thiès

Thiès

Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies 60 km east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis...

 in Senegal. Moving to France to pursue his footballing career, he completed his youth development at Ajaccio GFCO before joining Red Star Saint-Ouen

Red Star Saint-Ouen

Red Star Football Club 93 is a French association football club based in Saint-Ouen located in the northern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1897 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football...

.

After a season in Ligue 2

Ligue 2

Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

 and a season in Championnat National

Championnat National

The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

 with Red Star he left to join Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 top-flight club K.A.A. Gent where he spent three seasons as a first-team regular.

Faye moved back to France in 2004 with SM Caen

SM Caen

Stade Malherbe Caen is a professional French football team, playing in the city of Caen, Normandy. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 following the merger of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais...

. He played 30 league games as Caen suffered relegation

Promotion and relegation

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 to Ligue 2. Shortly into the following season, he joined Troyes, becoming a fixture in the team.

Faye has been recently training with Stoke City FC of the English Premiership, with an eye to link up with other Senegalese Internationals Salif Diao

Salif Diao

Salif Alassane Diao is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Stoke City....

, Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye

Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye

Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye , more commonly known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Championship club West Ham United...

, Ibrahima Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko is a Senegalese international professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town.-Reading:...

, and Amdy Faye at the club.

Faye is currently in talks with Ipswich Town after a successful trial at the club.