Ulysse Ndong (born 24 November 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in France, he played for the Gabon national team.

Club career

Ulysse Obame-Ndong started his career playing as

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and he joined with his first professional

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at the age of 16 when he joined

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from a very mythical club of Racing Club de France Colombes 92. Two years later, he went on trials to

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for

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where he stayed two months before joining

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in ...

where he played with young talents such as Huw Johnson, Jim Fenlon. In October 2012, Ulysse joined Alki Larnaca F.C. as a free agent. In June 2013, he moved to Othellos Athienou. During 2014–15 with Othellos he had a very good performance and he is considered an upcoming talent. On 16 October 2016, Ndong joined

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side

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

but he left the club in July 2017. On 1 September 2017, Ndong signed with

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. On 1 July 2018, Ndong signed with Qatari club

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for two years. On 10 January 2020, he returned to Cyprus and joined

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas () is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971 and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play their home games at the Chloraka M ...

. On 23 October 2020, Ndong signed with Saudi club Al-Nojoom for one year.

International career

Ndong is born in France to Gabonese parents. He was called up to the

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for a set of

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matches and made his debut in a 1–0 loss against

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