Babacar Diop has completed a permanent move from AC Crema 1908 to SSD NovaRomentin, joining the Serie D – A side on a contract running from 12 December 2025 to 30 June 2026.
The 22-year-old Senegalese centre-forward switches from Serie D – Girone D to Serie D – Girone A, with his new club securing a player currently valued at €50,000. The transfer has been registered as a standard deal, with the fee undisclosed.
Diop arrives at NovaRomentin after a brief spell with Crema, whom he joined earlier in the 2025-26 season from Venezia FC. His move keeps him in Italian football but changes both region and group within the Serie D structure, as he trades one fourth-tier division for another.
Born on 21 September 2003 and standing at 1.88m, Diop offers NovaRomentin a physically imposing option through the middle. His main position is centre-forward and he is right-footed, a profile consistent throughout his senior career in Italy.
The forward’s path has been entirely Italian since leaving an unnamed club to sign for Novara FC in February 2022. From there he earned a transfer to Venezia in January 2023, briefly stepping up the ladder before being loaned to Vis Pesaro 1898 in July 2023. He returned to Venezia in June 2024 at the end of that loan, then dropped back to Serie D with Crema on 1 September 2025.
His market value has fluctuated modestly over that period. First listed at €25,000 while at Novara in 2022, Diop maintained the same valuation through his early Venezia spell and his time at Vis Pesaro. That figure fell to zero in June 2024 while still at Vis Pesaro, before recovering to €50,000 by November 2025 following his performances at Crema.
Diop’s latest transfer continues a sequence of relatively short stints: Novara, Venezia, Vis Pesaro, Crema and now NovaRomentin have all had the Senegalese forward on their books since 2022. With his contract in Piemonte due to run until June 2026, the deal also offers a clear point at which he could again become a free agent if no extension is agreed.
The move keeps Diop competing abroad rather than in his home country, extending a career spent entirely in Italian leagues and maintaining his exposure in Serie D. For NovaRomentin, it represents the acquisition of a young attacking option with experience across several Italian clubs and both loan and permanent transfers behind him, as the club look to strengthen their forward line for the remainder of the campaign.
