Abdoulaye Ndiaye (footballer)

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Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye
Date of birth (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Boune, Senegal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Troyes
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2020 Dakar Sacré-Cœur
2020–2022 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Lyon B 17 (0)
2022–2023Bastia (loan) 28 (1)
2023– Troyes 20 (0)
International career
2019 Senegal U20 1 (0)
2022 Senegal U23 1 (0)
2024– Senegal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye (born 10 April 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Troyes and the Senegal national team.

Club career[edit]

A youth product of Dakar Sacré-Cœur, Ndiaye signed with the youth academy of Lyon in 2020.[2] On 16 June 2022, he signed on loan with Ligue 2 side Bastia.[3] He made his professional debut with Bastia in a 4–1 league win over Niort on 6 August 2022, a game in which he scored from a header.[4]

On 20 July 2023, Ndiaye signed for Ligue 2 club Troyes on a five-year contract.[5] Lyon received a transfer fee of €3.5 million, in addition to a 20% sell-on clause.[6]

International career[edit]

On 1 September 2023, Ndiaye received his first call-up to the Senegal national team.[7]

In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Joueur". Ligue1.
  2. ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye : "J'aime le combat sur le terrain"" (in French). SC Bastia. 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye prêté par l'Olympique Lyonnais" (Press release) (in French). SC Bastia. 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Niort vs. Bastia 1 - 4". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye est Troyen" (Press release) (in French). ES Troyes AC. 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Transfert d'Abdoulaye Ndiaye à Troyes" [Transfer of Abdoulaye Ndiaye to Troyes] (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Equipe nationale : Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye savoure sa première convocation : "un rêve ..."" (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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