The midfielder, who is on a season long loan deal at St Andrew's from Liverpool, has been named in Senegal coach Guy Stephan's 20-man squad for the World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Dakar on March 26th.
Diao was forced to sit out Senegals last international game against Cameroon last month through injury.
Full Squad: Pape Mamadou Diouf (Jeanne d'Arc), Tony Sylva (Lille), Habib Beye (Olympique Marseille), Omar Daf (Sochaux), Pape Diakhate (Nancy), Lamine Diatta (Olympique Lyon), Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux), Ibrahima Faye (Caen), Mamadou Seck (AC Ajaccio), Issa Ba (Laval), Salif Diao (Birmingham City) Pape Bouba Diop (Fulham), Khalilou Fadiga (Bolton Wanderers), Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Istres), Amdy Faye (Newcastle United), Henri Camara (Southampton), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers), Babacar Gueye (Metz), Moussa Ndiaye (Istres), Mamadou Niang (Racing Strasbourg)
Diao Named In Senegal Squad
