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Habib Bèye

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Born
1977 (46 years old)

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Suresnes, France

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Habib Frédéric Beye (born 19 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the manager of Championnat National club Red Star.

Formed at Paris Saint-Germain, where he was only a reserve, he played in Ligue 1 for Strasbourg and Marseille. From 2007, he spent five years in England, with Newcastle United and Aston Villa in the Premier League, and Doncaster Rovers in League One.

Born and raised in France, Beye represented the Senegal national team, earning 45 caps between 2001 and 2008. He was part of their squads at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2002 (runners-up), 2004, 2006 (semi-finalists) and 2008, as well as a quarter-finalist at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Beye was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine. He is a Muslim.

Beye played in the Senegal national squad from 2001 to 2008, winning 45 caps and scoring one goal. His debut came on 6 May 2001 in a 1–0 loss away to Egypt in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was part of the squads that came runners-up at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, then quarter-finalists at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, making substitute appearances against Denmark, Uruguay and Sweden.

At the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia, Beye scored his only international goal, equalising in a 1–1 draw with neighbours Mali. At the following edition in 2006 in Egypt, where his team were semi-finalists, he was sent off for an off-the-ball clash with Ghana's Laryea Kingston in a group-stage draw. Both players were fined US$1,000 by the Confederation of African Football and banned for four games, ruling each out for the remainder of the tournament.

Beye retired from international football in an effort to concentrate on his club career following a first-round exit at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

After retiring, Beye became a pundit on France's Canal+. In May 2021, he was named assistant manager at Paris-based Red Star in the third-tier Championnat National, as assistant to Vincent Bordot. He was put in interim charge in September after Bordot's dismissal following six games of the season. On his debut on 17 September, the team lost 1–0 at home to Villefranche; he took them to the third round of the Coupe de France where they were defeated 2–0 by Monaco at the Stade Bauer. Having saved the team from relegation with an 11th-place finish, his contract was extended to 2024 in May 2022. In the 2022–23 Championnat National, Red Star came third, two points off the promoted pair of Concarneau and Dunkerque.