Abou Diop (born 6 October 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie C Group C club Picerno.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 October 1993 (1993-10-06) (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Picerno | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Torino | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Crotone (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Ternana (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Matera (loan)[1] | 19 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | → Lecce (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 15 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | → Viterbese (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Modena (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | → Bassano Virtus (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Vis Pesaro (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Paganese | 67 | (19) |
| 2022– | Picerno | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2012–2013 | Senegal U20 | 7 | (2) |
| 2014 | Senegal U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 | |||
He arrived at Torino on trial in early 2011 and was signed shortly after. The club had many bureaucratic difficulties in registering him, as Torino were prohibited from signing a non-European player before the age of 18.[2][3] In the 2012–13 season he managed to collect several appearances for the first team.[4][5]
On 31 July 2013, he was loaned to Juve Stabia in Serie B where he made his debut on 24 August against Pescara.[6] He scored his only goal of the season on 31 August in a 1–2 loss against Spezia.[7][8] He was recalled by Torino in the Winter transfer window and loaned to Crotone on 24 January, but failed to break into the first team.[9][10]
Returning to Turin in the late summer, he was loaned to Ternana, in Serie B. After a very disappointing first round (only 132 minutes played), the Umbrian club decided to send him back to Turin during the winter transfer window, which loaned him to Matera, a team in Lega Pro.[11]
On 31 August 2015, the closing day for the transfer market, he moved to Lecce in Lega Pro.
On 28 July 2019, he joined Paganese.[12]
On 22 September 2022, Diop signed with Picerno.[13]