Aristote N'Dongala (born 19 January 1994) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a winger and wing-back for

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Club career

N'Dongala joined

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at the age of 17 in 2011. He made his senior debut for the club on 22 January 2013, replacing Adrien Trebel for the final 24 minutes of a

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match against

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. He made his

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debut on 17 May 2014 against

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in a 0–1 away win, playing the full game. In January 2017, N'Dongala joined

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club

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. He did not report back at the beginning of the 2017–18 season so the club undertook legal proceedings at

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. However, he was announced as new addition to the squad on 15 September. In January 2018 N'Dongala signed a contract with Cherno More. On 17 February, he made his debut in a 1–4 home defeat by Beroe, coming on as substitute for Hugo Konongo at the start of the second half. In January 2020, N'Dongala became part of the

team in neighbouring Romania.

International career

In 2013

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, coach of the DRC national U-20 team, called N'Dongala up to be a member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo national under-20 football team for the 2013 African Youth Championship in

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. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2015.

Career statistics

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