Abdoulaye Ndiaye (footballer)

Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Ndiaye with Brest in 2025
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye
Date of birth (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 23)
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)
2022–2023Bastia (loan) 28 (1)
2023–2025 Troyes 31 (0)
2024–2025Brest (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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Joueur". Ligue1. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Niort vs. Bastia 1 - 4". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "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.
  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. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Transferts : Abdoulaye Ndiaye prêté à Brest par Troyes". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ^ "ABDOULAYE NDIAYE È GIALLOBLU" [ABDOULAYE NDIAYE IS YELLOW AND BLUE] (in Italian). Parma Calcio 1913. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Equipe nationale : Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye savoure sa première convocation : "un rêve ..."" (in French). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  11. ^ "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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