The towering midfielder had a stellar performance both for club and country during his football career. Aside from the fact that he was among the Senegal team that reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 world cup, he was also their top scorer at the tournament with 3 goals. Diop made a total of 63 appearances for Senegal and scored 11 goals.
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The midfielder spent majority of his club career in English football where he had stints with Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham United and Birmingham City before retiring in 2013. Papa Diop appeared in 129 English Premier League games, scoring 10 times.
He was also a member of Harry Redknapp’s FA Cup-winning team in 2008.
Fulham has already taken to twitter to express their grief over the loss of the former player.
They wrote on Sunday evening: “We are devastated to hear news reports this evening that Papa Bouba Diop has passed away, aged 42. Rest well, Wardrobe.”
