Sylvain_N'Diaye
Sylvain N'Diaye
French footballer
Sylvain Patrick Jean N'Diaye (born 25 June 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sylvain Patrick Jean N'Diaye[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Bordeaux | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → FC Martigues (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Gent | 11 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Monaco (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | → Toulouse (loan) | 37 | (2) |
| 2000–2003 | Lille | 88 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Marseille | 42 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Levante | 44 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Tenerife (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Reims | 34 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Cannes | 28 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Senegal | 24 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Paris, N'Diaye played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who loaned him to FC Martigues, Belgian First Division's KAA Gent, Toulouse FC, Lille OSC and Olympique de Marseille. Whilst at Marseille, he started in the 2004 UEFA Cup Final.
Other than in Belgium, he also had abroad stints with Spain's Levante UD, helping the team achieve top flight promotion in 2006, and CD Tenerife. In July 2008, he returned to France, signing with Ligue 2 outfit Stade de Reims. On 12 July 2010, he signed for AS Cannes.[2]
N'Diaye received 17 international caps for Senegal, and participated at the 2002 World Cup. However, he played no minutes for the quarterfinalists.
- "Sylvain N'Diaye". Worldfootball. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- foot-national.com (12 July 2010). "Cannes : Arrivée de Sylvain N'Diaye". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- Sylvain N'Diaye at Soccerway
- Olympique Marseille profile (in French)
  | This biographical article related to association football in Senegal, about a midfielder, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |