Abdoulaye Ndiaye (footballer)
![]() Ndiaye with Brest in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Boune, Senegal[1] | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Parma | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Dakar Sacré-Cœur | ||
2020–2022 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Lyon B | 17 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Bastia (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2023–2025 | Troyes | 31 | (0) |
2024–2025 | → Brest (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2025– | Parma | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Senegal U20 | 1 | (0) |
2022 | Senegal U23 | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Senegal | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Italian Serie A club Parma 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]
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 4 August 2025, Ndiaye signed a five-year contract with Parma in Italy.[9]
International career
[edit]On 1 September 2023, Ndiaye received his first call-up to the Senegal national team.[10]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joueur". Ligue1. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye : "J'aime le combat sur le terrain"". Sporting Club Bastia (in French). SC Bastia. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye prêté par l'Olympique Lyonnais" (Press release) (in French). SC Bastia. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Niort vs. Bastia 1 - 4". Soccerway.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Ndiaye est Troyen" (Press release) (in French). ES Troyes AC. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Transfert d'Abdoulaye Ndiaye à Troyes" [Transfer of Abdoulaye Ndiaye to Troyes] (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "ABDOULAYE N'DIAYE S'ENGAGE AVEC BREST" [ABDOULAYE N'DIAYE SIGNS WITH BREST]. www.sb29.bzh (in French). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Transferts : Abdoulaye Ndiaye prêté à Brest par Troyes". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "ABDOULAYE NDIAYE È GIALLOBLU" [ABDOULAYE NDIAYE IS YELLOW AND BLUE] (in Italian). Parma Calcio 1913. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Equipe nationale : Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye savoure sa première convocation : "un rêve ..."" (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.