Abdoulaye

Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah (Arabic: عبد الله ʿAbdu-llahi; servant of God), given name of Muhammad's father. People with this name include:

Given name

Footballers

• Abdoulaye Keita (Guinean footballer), Guinean goalkeeper of the 1970s and 1980s
• Abdoulaye Sarr (born 1951), Senegalese coach
• Abdoulaye Kaloga (born 1959), Malian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Sogue (born 1965), Senegalese striker
• Abdoulaye Traoré (Ivorian footballer) (born 1967), striker
• Abdoulaye Traoré (Burkinabé footballer) (born 1974), midfielder
• Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1976), Ivorian defender
• Abdoulaye Demba (born 1976), Malian forward
• Abdoulaye Faye (born 1978), Senegalese defender
• Abdoulaye Khouma Keita (born 1978), Senegalese defender
• Abdoulaye Soulama (born 1979), Burkinabé goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Camara (born 1980), Malian defender
• Abdoulaye Méïté (born 1980), Ivorian centre-back
• Abdoulaye Soumaré (born 1980), Burundian striker
• Abdoulaye Djire (born 1981), Ivorian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Diawara (born 1981), Ivorian defender
• Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla (born 1982), Guinean midfielder
• Abdoulaye Cissé (born 1983), Côte d'Ivoire-born Burkinabé striker
• Abdoulaye Diawara (footballer born 1983), Malian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo (born 1983), Guinean midfielder
• Abdoulaye Ndoye (born 1983), Senegal-born Equatoguinean midfielder
• Abdoulaye Niang (born 1983), Senegalese midfielder
• Abdoulaye Sekou Sampil (born 1984), Senegal-born French striker
• Abdoulaye Ouzérou (born 1985), Beninese striker
• Abdoulaye Soumah (born 1985), Guinean goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer) (born 1986), French striker of Guinean descent
• Abdoulaye Diarra (born 1986), Ivorian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Samaké (born 1987), Malian goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1988), Senegalese goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Maïga (born 1988), Malian defender
• Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1988), Senegalese footballer
• Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1992), Senegalese footballer
• Abdoulaye Fall (born 1989), Senegalese defensive midfielder
• Abdoulaye Bamba (born 1990), Ivorian right back
• Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990), French goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Ba (born 1991), Senegalese defender
• Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye (born 1991), Mauritanian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Koffi (born 1991), Ivorian forward
• Abdoulaye Diallo (born 1992), Senegalese goalkeeper
• Abdoulaye Sané (born 1992), Senegalese striker
• Abdoulaye Sissoko (born 1992), Malian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Doucouré (born 1993), French midfielder of Malian descent
• Abdoulaye Cissé (Guinean footballer) (born 1994), defender
• Abdoulaye Diarra (footballer, born 1994), Malian midfielder
• Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1994), Malian defensive midfielder
• Abdoulaye Touré (footballer) (born 1994), French midfielder of Guinean descent

Other sportspeople

• Abdoulaye Seye (1934–2011), Senegalese sprinter
• Abdoulaye Thiam (born 1984), Senegalese fencer
• Abdoulaye Wagne (born 1981), Senegalese middle-distance runner
• Abdoulaye M'Baye (basketball) (born 1988), French basketball player
• Abdoulaye Loum (born 1991), French basketball player

Artists, musicians, and writers

• Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961), Senegalese writer and teacher
• Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993), Nigerien poet, novelist and trade unionist
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949), Malian filmmaker
• Abdoulaye Diakité (1951–2018), Senegalese djembe drummer
• Abdoulaye Diabaté (born 1956), Senegalese singer and guitarist
• Oxmo Puccino (born Abdoulaye Diarra, 1974), Malian hip hop musician

Politicians

• Abdoulaye Touré (c. 1920–1985), Guinean politician
• Abdoulaye Wade (born 1926), Senegalese politician, former president
• Abdoulaye Sékou Sow (1931–2013), Malian politician, former prime minister
• Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi (1933–2019), Congolese politician, former foreign minister and vice-president
• Abdoulaye Hamani Diori (1945–2011), Nigerien politician and businessman
• Abdoulaye Bathily (born 1947), Senegalese politician and diplomat
• Abdoulaye Baldé (politician) (born 1964), Senegalese politician
• Abdoulaye Diop (born 1968), Malian diplomat
• Abdoulaye Maïga, ambassador of Mali to the United States in 1960.
• Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (born 11 March 1958), prime minister of Mali from 8 April 2017 to 29 December 2017.
• Abdoulaye Maïga (officer) (born 1981), appointed interim prime minister of Mali in August 2022.
• Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Senegalese United Nations official
• Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Senegalese government minister

Military

• Abdoulaye Hissène, Central African warlord
• Abdoulaye Miskine, Central African rebel leader

Surname

• Maikano Abdoulaye (1932–2011), Cameroonian politician
• Souley Abdoulaye (born 1965), Nigerien politician
• Brahim Abdoulaye (born 1970), Chadian sprinter
• Bruce Abdoulaye (born 1982), Congolese football right back
• Djidéo Abdoulaye (born 1988), Chadian football player
• Adjaratou Abdoulaye, Togolese politician
• Hassan Abdoulaye, Chadian football player

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