Omar Daf

Omar Daf

Personal information
Full name	Omar Daf
Date of birth	(1977-02-12) 12 February 1977
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
–1995	US Gorée
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995-1996	Westerlo	2	(0)
1996-1997	Thonon-Chablais	4	(0)
1997–2009	Sochaux	188	(0)
2009–2012	Brest	78	(1)
2012–2013	Sochaux	5	(0)
International career
1998–2012	Senegal	55	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Daf (born 12 February 1977 in Dakar) is a former Senegalese football player. He played for the Senegal national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also holds a French passport and spent most of his playing career at the French club Sochaux-Montbéliard.

Career

Born in Dakar, Daf began playing football with US Gorée. At age 17, a Belgian football scout, Karel Brokken, recruited him to Belgian Second Division side K.V.C. Westerlo, where he began his professional career. A year later, he joined French side Thonon FC before embarking on a 12-year spell with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1997.

On 4 August 2009, Daf moved to Ligue 2 team Stade Brestois and three years later, rejoined Sochaux.

External links

• Omar Daf at National-Football-Teams.com
• Omar Daf – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)