Moustapha Name (born 5 May 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Senegal national team.
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Full name | Moustapha Name[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pafos | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2018 | AS Douanes | |||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Pau FC | 56 | (9) | |||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Paris FC | 67 | (11) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Pafos | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | Senegal | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:22, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2022 |
Moustapha Name started his career at AS Douanes in his native Senegal in 2016. During the 2017–18 season, he scored ten goals in the Senegal Premier League.[citation needed]
In 2018, Name joined Pau and adapted quickly to French football in the Béarnese capital. In his second season, he occasionally captained the team.[citation needed]
In the 2019–20 Coupe de France, Pau reached the round of 16 and lost to a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) side that went on to win the entire competition.[citation needed] The 2019–20 season was very successful for both Name and Pau; Pau achieved promoted to Ligue 2, and Name's displays against Ligue 1 heavyweights Bordeaux and PSG in the Coupe de France helped him make a name for himself.[citation needed]
On 27 June 2020, Name signed with Paris FC after successful seasons with Pau in the Championnat National.[2] He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 3–0 Ligue 2 win over Chambly on 22 August 2020.[3]
Name debuted with the Senegal national team in a 2–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Guinea Bissau on 11 November 2020.[4]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pau FC | 2018–19 | Championnat National | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||
2019–20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||||
Total | 56 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 63 | 9 | |||||
Paris FC | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
2021–22 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 33 | 10 | |||||
2022–23 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 69 | 11 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 71 | 15 | |||||
Pafos | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||
Career total | 133 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 27 |
Senegal
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