Abdoulaye Faye (footballer, born 2004)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 September 2004 | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2023 | Diambars | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Häcken | 11 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Örgryte IS (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2025– | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 June 2025 | |||
Abdoulaye Faye (born 22 September 2004) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[1]
Career
A left-footed central defender,[2] Faye joined Swedish Allsvenskan club BK Häcken in August 2023 from Senegalese youth academy Diambars FC as a 19 year-old, signing a three-year contract.[3] The following year, he received regular game time during a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Superettan, the Swedish second division.[4] After returning to Hacken, he was a goalscorer in March 2025 as BK Häcken knocked Mjällby AIF out of the Swedish Cup at the quarterfinal stage.[5]
On 27 June 2025, Faye signed a five-year contract with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 June 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Örgryte IS | 2023–24 | Superettan | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Häcken | 2025 | Allsvenskan | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | ||||||||||
| Career total | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 41 | 2 | ||||
References
- ^ "Abdoulaye Faye". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "PROMISING SENEGALESE CENTRE-BACK FIRMLY ON PSV'S RADAR". Getfoorballnewsbene. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Diambars: Central defender Abdoulaye Faye signs with Hacken". Pressafrik.com. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Mercato – Abdoulaye Faye (BK Häcken) dans le viseur de l'ASSE et du PSV Eindhoven". Wiwsport.com (in French). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Faye hyllas: "Jättebra spelare – kommer bli ännu bättre"" [Abdoulaye Faye praised: "Great player – will get even better"]. Fotboll Transfers (in Swedish). 9 March 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Bayer 04 sign Senegalese central defender Faye". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 27 June 2025.