Ibrahima Tandia (born 12 July 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Saudi club Al-Tai. Born in France, he represents

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at international level.

Club career

Born in

Longjumeau Longjumeau () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne department, France. It is located south from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as ''Longjumellois'' () in French. History Longjumeau Party Sch ...

, Tandia began his career playing for local amateur clubs in

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before joining professional club

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

in 2006. After five years with the club, Tandia joined Caen on a three-year deal, despite reported interest from English clubs

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and Chelsea. He was assigned the number 26 shirt and made his professional debut on 28 August 2011 appearing as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat to

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. On 28 June 2019, Tandia was transferred from

Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Asociația Club Sportiv Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe, commonly known as Sepsi OSK (), Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (), or simply Sepsi, is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna ...

to Al-Hazem for 600,000. On 1 September 2021, Tandia joined Al-Adalah on loan. On 22 August 2022, Tandia joined Libyan club Al-Ahli Tripoli. On 28 December 2022, Tandia joined Qadsia. On 4 September 2024, Tandia joined Al-Tai.

International career

Tandia was born and raised in France and is of Malian and Senegalese descent. At international level, Tandia was a France youth international having represented his nation at under-16 and under-17 level. Tandia was called up to the

Mali national under-20 football team Mali national under-20 football team, represents Mali in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Malian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mali. The current coach is Mahamoutou Kane. Their greates ...

for the

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, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s. Tandia scored his first goal in a 3–3 tie with the Mexico U23s in the same tournament. He made his debut for

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on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Senegal, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Moussa Doumbia.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Al-Hazem * MS League:

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, Individual *

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Team of the Regular Season: 2018–19, *

Team of the Season: 2018–19,

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