Mame Biram Diouf Biography

Born in Dakar, Senegal on 16 December 1987. He is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League side Manchester United and the Senegal national team. Diouf started his career at Diaraf before moving to Molde in 2007. In his first season with them he won the Norwegian First Division which gained promotion to the Norwegian Premier League. His performances and goalscoring attracted interest from a number of big clubs, he was eventually approached by Manchester United and agreed a move there in 2009. The deal also included that he would remain at his then current club Molde on loan until January 2010, when he then joined up with his new club. He scored on his home debut for United and has so far won the League Cup after being an unused substitute in their 2010 Football League Cup Final victory.

In May 2009, he received interest from several senior clubs and on 17 July 2009, Molde and Manchester United announced that a transfer had been agreed for the player. Diouf was loaned back to Molde for the remainder of the 2009 season, before joining his new team-mates in Manchester in January 2010.

On 23 December 2009, Diouf was granted a work permit making him available to play for Manchester United once the transfer window opened in January. After becoming eligible to play for Manchester United on 7 January 2010, Diouf was registered with the number 32 shirt most recently worn by Carlos Tévez, and made his debut in a league match away to Birmingham City two days later.


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