Cheikh Tidiane N'Doye (born 29 March 1986) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for club Red Star. He made 30 appearances scoring twice for the Senegal national team between 2014 and 2019.

Club career

Born in

Rufisque Rufisque ( ar, روفيسك; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census). In the past it was an important port city in its own right, b ...

, N'Doye began his career with Yakaar before moving to France to play for

Épinal Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department. Geography The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connecti ...

. Following his time there, he had stints at

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the '' préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of ...

and

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the pr ...

. He was captain of Angers in the 2016–17 season leading them to the Coupe de France final which they lost 1–0 to

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As F ...

. On 14 July 2017, N'Doye signed a two-year contract with English club

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

, moving on a free transfer. He went straight into the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2017–18 season, which Birmingham lost 1–0 away to

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...

, and made 37 league appearances as his team narrowly avoided relegation from the

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. N'Doye appeared in Birmingham's first two matches of 2018–19, but with the club under pressure to reduce expenditure to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations, he was allowed to return to his former club, Angers, on loan for the season. He was released by Birmingham when his contract expired in June 2019. On 6 October 2020, after over a year without a club, N'Doye returned to France, signing a one-year deal with

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side Red Star.

International career

N'Doye made his international debut for

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

in 2014. He was a member of Senegal's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. In April 2019 he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament so missed the

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Personal life

N'Doye holds both Senegalese and French nationality.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoye's goal.''

Honours

Créteil *

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Angers *

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runners-up: 2016–17

References

1986 births Living people People from Rufisque Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Naturalized citizens of France ASC Yakaar players SAS Épinal players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Angers SCO players Birmingham City F.C. players Red Star F.C. players Ligue 1 (Senegal) players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players English Football League players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Senegal-footy-midfielder-stub