Pape Thiaw

Pape Thiaw
Personal information
Full name	Pape Bouna Thiaw
Date of birth	5 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Senegal A' (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Saint-Étienne
1999	SR Delémont
1999–2000	Istres
2000–2001	Lausanne-Sport
2001–2002	Strasbourg
2002	→ Dynamo Moscow (loan)
2002–2003	Lausanne-Sport
2003–2004	Metz
2004–2007	Deportivo Alavés
2007	→ Lorca (loan)
2007–2008	US Créteil
2009	Atlético Ciudad
International career
2001–2003	Senegal
Managerial career
2018–2021	Niarry Tally
2022–2024	Senegal A'
2024–	Senegal (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pape Bouna Thiaw (born 5 February 1981) is a Senegalese professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Senegal A' national team.

Playing career

He played for several clubs in France, Switzerland and Spain, as well as Dynamo Moscow in Russia on a six-month loan from Strasbourg.

Thiaw was the manager of the Senegal A' national team that won the 2022 African Nations Championship.^[1] African Nations Championship limits the squads to players from the domestic league. The main Senegal squad that participates in the FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations and includes players from the foreign clubs is managed by Aliou Cissé.