Abdoulaye Ndiaye | |
Full Name: | Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye |
Birth Date: | 2002 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Boune, Senegal[1] |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Currentclub: | Brest (on loan from Troyes) |
Clubnumber: | 3 |
Youthyears1: | –2020 |
Youthclubs1: | Dakar Sacré-Cœur |
Youthyears2: | 2020–2022 |
Youthclubs2: | Lyon |
Years1: | 2020–2023 |
Caps1: | 17 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs2: | → Bastia (loan) |
Caps2: | 28 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2023– |
Clubs3: | Troyes |
Caps3: | 31 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2024– |
Clubs4: | → Brest (loan) |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Senegal U20 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022 |
Nationalteam2: | Senegal U23 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2024– |
Nationalteam3: | Senegal |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 15 June 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 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 club Brest, on loan from club Troyes, and the Senegal national team.
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]
On 24 July 2024, Ndiaye joined Ligue 1 club Brest on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy for €8 million.[7] [8]
On 1 September 2023, Ndiaye received his first call-up to the Senegal national team.[9]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[10]