Didier Ndong

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Didier Ndong
Personal information
Full name Didier Ibrahim Ndong[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Lambaréné, Gabon
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 CS Sfaxien 40 (2)
2015–2016 Lorient 48 (2)
2016– Sunderland 2 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Gabon U20 3 (0)
2012– Gabon 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:18, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:54, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Didier Ibrahim Ndong is a Gabonese footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Sunderland and the Gabonese national team.

Club career

CS Sfaxien

Born in Lambaréné, Gabon, Didier Ibrahim moved to Tunisia, where he made his professional debut playing for CS Sfaxien during the 2011–12 CLP-1 season.[2] He made his first appearance under then manager Nabil Kouki on 26 September 2012, starting and playing 80' minutes against JS Kairouan before being substituted off, marking his only appearance for the first team that year.[3] The following season, Didier made more appearances for the first team under newly appointed manager Ruud Krol, while receiving training by former Ajax defender Hatem Trabelsi, Didier made 12 appearances during the regular season, scoring once against Stade Tunisien on 14 April 2013, playing as an attacking right midfielder for the club from Sfax.[4] He made six further appearances for CS Sfaxien during the playoffs helping his side to win the national championship and their 8th title overall.[5]

FC Lorient

On 3 January 2015, Didier signed for Ligue 1 side FC Lorient on a four and a half year contact. [6]

Sunderland

On August 31, 2016 he joined English side Sunderland on a permanent 5 year deal, for a fee of £13.6M breaking their previous transfer record.[7]

Career Statistics

As of match played 19 September 2016.[8]
Club Season League Cup[9] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CS Sfaxien 2011–12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13 18 1 0 0 0 0 18 1
2013–14 16 1 8 1 0 0 24 2
2014–15 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 40 2 8 1 0 0 48 3
Lorient 2014–15 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2015–16 34 2 5 0 0 0 39 2
2016–17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 48 2 5 0 0 0 53 2
Sunderland 2016–17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career Total 90 4 13 1 0 0 103 5

International career

In 2013 Anicet Yala, coach of the Gabon national U-20 team, called him up to be a member of the Gabon national under-20 football team for the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria.[10]

Honours

Club

CS Sfaxien

References

  1. ^ "Premier League - Squad List 2016/17" (PDF). Premier League. p. 37. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ "LiveTicker: JS Kairouan - Club Sportif Sfaxien". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  3. ^ "Didier Ndong Ibrahim wins Tunisia League with Sfaxien". Gabon News. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  4. ^ "Ajax kijkt op voorspraak van Krol naar N'Dong". Voetbalzone.nl. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  5. ^ "Didier Ibrahim Ndong champion de Tunisie avec le CS Sfaxien". Les Panthernautes. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  6. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30666857
  7. ^ http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11695/10559098/sunderland-close-on-didier-ndong-john-ruddy-steven-naismith-and-yann-mvila
  8. ^ "D. NDONG". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, FA Cup, League Cup, and FA Community Shield matches.
  10. ^ "AFCON U20/Gabon : The 21 selected!". en.africatopsports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013.

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