The Senegal international has put-pen-to-paper on a season long loan deal at St Andrew's and is expected to go straight into manager Steve Bruce's squad for the home game against Fulham on saturday.Salif Diao (Birmingham) Information Date of birth 10 February 1977 Height 6.0 Place of birth Kedougou, Senegal Weight 11.5 Nationality Position Midfield Nickname Squad No. Recent Career History By Club (1999 onwards) Team Debut Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds Liverpool 28/08/2002 35 (26) 3 9 1 Sedan 29/07/2000 40 (7) 0 11 1 Monaco 16/02/2000 0 (1) 0 0 0 Recent Career History By Season (1999 onwards) Season First App. Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds 2004/2005 10/08/2004 8 (6) 1 3 0 2003/2004 24/09/2003 5 (2) 0 1 0 2002/2003 28/08/2002 22 (18) 2 5 1 2001/2002 28/07/2001 24 (0) 0 7 1 2000/2001 29/07/2000 16 (7) 0 4 0 1999/2000 16/02/2000 0 (1) 0 0 0 Appearances 75 (+ 34 as sub); Goals 3; Yellow cards 20; Red cards 2