# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/papa-bouba-diop
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:56:57.356Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/papa-bouba-diop"
name: "Papa Bouba Diop"
slug: "papa-bouba-diop"
description: "Papa Bouba Diop was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position was as a defensive midfielder, but he could also play as a centre-back, where he played at Lens. Diop was considered a physically strong and aggressive player. His playing style, position, and ability drew comparisons to former France holding midfielder Patrick Vieira."
tagline: "Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papa_Bouba_Diop_en_mai_2014.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-01-28"
deathDate: "2020-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.81
  momentum:             25
  historical:           23.77857733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "パパ・ブバ・ディオプ"
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    title: "Папа Буба Диоп"
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    title: "파파 부바 디오프"
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    title: "Papa Bouba Diop"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump