Diao

Salif Alassane Diao (born 10 February 1977) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Diao moved from Senegal to France when he was seventeen and started his career at Monaco with whom he helped with the Trophée des Champions and Division 1. He failed to hold down a regular place at Monaco and moved to Sedan in 2000. Diao then had an impressive 2002 World Cup with Senegal which attracted the attention of several Premier League sides. It was Liverpool who won the race and signed Diao for £5 million in 2002. His time at Liverpool was unsuccessful and he was sent out on loan to Birmingham City, Portsmouth and Stoke City. He joined the latter Stoke permanently on a free transfer in 2007 and helped the club to promotion to the Premier League in 2008. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Champions League 1997/1998 Team             Lineups posted This player AS Monaco 10 3 CM: 1 Subst: 2 1 World Cup 2002 Team             Lineups posted This player Senegal 5 3 CM: 3 1 1 1 FA Premier League 2002/2003 Team             Lineups posted This player Liverpool 38 26 RB: 1 RM: 3 CM: 4 LM: 5 Subst: 13 OUTs: 4 3 1 1 1 Champions League 2002/2003 Team             Lineups posted This player Liverpool 6 5 CM: 3 Subst: 2 OUTs: 1 1 FA Premier League 2003/2004 Team             Lineups posted This player Liverpool 38 3 RB: 1 CM: 1 Subst: 1 OUTs: 1 1 FA Premier League 2004/2005 Team             Lineups posted This player Liverpool 38 8 Birmingham City 38 2 RM: 1 CM: 5 Subst: 4 OUTs: 4 2 Champions League 2004/2005 Team             Lineups posted This player Liverpool 13 1 Subst: 1 FA Premier League 2005/2006 Team             Lineups posted This player Portsmouth 38 11 CM: 7 Subst: 4 OUTs: 1 3 The Championship 2007/2008 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 46 11 CM: 8 Subst: 3 OUTs: 6 1 FA Premier League 2008/2009 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 38 20 RM: 1 CM: 17 Subst: 2 OUTs: 6 4 FA Premier League 2009/2010 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 38 18 RM: 1 CM: 12 Subst: 5 OUTs: 6 7 1 FA Cup 2009/2010 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 5 3 CM: 2 Subst: 1 OUTs: 1 League Cup 2010/2011 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 3 1 CM: 1 OUTs: 1 FA Premier League 2010/2011 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 38 8 CM: 3 Subst: 5 OUTs: 3 3 FA Cup 2010/2011 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 7 2 CM: 2 OUTs: 2 2 Europa League Qualifying 2011/2012 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 4 1 Subst: 1 League Cup 2011/2012 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 2 1 Subst: 1 FA Premier League 2011/2012 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 38 6 CM: 2 Subst: 4 OUTs: 2 1 Europa League 2011/2012 Team             Lineups posted This player Stoke City 8 6 CB: 1 CM: 5 OUTs: 2 2