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Iliman Ndiaye
Personal information
Full name Iliman Cheikh Baroy Ndiaye[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rouen, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield United
Number 29
Youth career
2007–2009 Rouen Sapins
2009–2010 Rouen
2010–2014 Marseille
2014–2016 Dakar Sacré-Cœur
2016–2019 Boreham Wood
2019 Rising Ballers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sheffield United 77 (21)
2020 → Hyde United (loan) 6 (1)
International career‡
2022– Senegal 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Iliman Cheikh Baroy Ndiaye (born 6 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Club career

Ndiaye began playing football with the French clubs Rouen Sapins, Rouen, and Marseille before moving to Senegal with Dakar Sacré-Cœur. His father moved to England and Ndiaye joined him where he joined the youth side of Boreham Wood, also playing Sunday League matches with Rising Ballers on the side.[11] On 17 November 2017, Ndiaye signed his first contract with Boreham Wood.[12] On 31 August 2019, he signed with Sheffield United.[13] He joined Hyde United on loan for the latter half of the 2019–20 season.[14] He made his professional debut with Sheffield United as a late substitute in a 5–0 Premier League loss to Leicester City on 14 March 2021.[15] On his full Sheffield United debut, he scored twice against Peterborough United on 11 September in a 6–2 win.[16] On 3 March 2023 in the FA Cup he scored in the 79th minute against Tottenham Hotspur to secure victory and ensure Sheffield United's place in the quarter-finals.[17]

International career

Ndiaye was born in France to a Senegalese father and French mother.[18] He debuted with the Senegal national team in a 3–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin in the 67th minute when he was substituted on for Boulaye Dia on 4 June 2022.[19] Ndiaye scored his first international goal against Mozambique in the AFCON Qualifiers on the 24th March 2023. Ndiaye scored the third goal in a 5-1 victory.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[20]
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sheffield United 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2021–22 Championship 30 7 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 35 7
2022–23 Championship 45 14 6 1 0 0 — 51 15
Total 76 21 7 1 2 0 2 0 87 22
Hyde United (loan) 2019–20[21] Northern Premier League Premier Division 6 1 — — 3[b] 0 9 1
Career total 82 22 7 1 2 0 5 0 96 23
  1. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  2. ^ Two appearances in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup

International

As of match played 28 March 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2022 5 0
2023 2 1
Total 7 1
Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ndiaye goal.[22]
List of international goals scored by Iliman Ndiaye
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2023 Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar, Senegal  Mozambique 3–0 5–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Senegal (SEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 25. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye". Sheffield United F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye's extraordinary rise from Sunday League football to Qatar World Cup".
  4. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye's rise from Sunday league to Senegal World Cup ace". theguardian.com.
  5. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye's remarkable World Cup journey with Senegal is just the beginning". espn.com.
  6. ^ "How Senegal's Iliman Ndiaye went from unused Sheffield United substitute to the World Cup in 14 months". theathletic.com (Archived).
  7. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye: Sheffield United and Senegal forward is a special talent who went from non-League to World Cup". skysports.com.
  8. ^ "'He had three bloody lungs' - How Senegal's Iliman Ndiaye reached the World Cup". thestar.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye: The inside story of Sheffield United star's journey from non-league to World Cup". thestar.co.uk.
  10. ^ "'He was like a FIFA cheat code in their team': Iliman Ndiaye, the young star who swapped the Northern Premier League for the top flight in a year". theathletic.com (Archived).
  11. ^ Unwin, Will (3 December 2022). "Iliman Ndiaye's rise from Sunday league to Senegal World Cup ace" – via The Guardian.
  12. ^ "ILIMAN NDIAYE SIGNS PRO DEAL". 21 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Mercato: Iliman Ndiaye signe à Sheffield United pour trois ans - Mercato". 31 August 2019.
  14. ^ "A free-scoring midfielder in the Sheffield United squad for the first time - who is Iliman Ndiaye?". www.thestar.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Leicester City vs. Sheffield United - 14 March 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  16. ^ "Sheff Utd 6-2 Peterborough". BBC. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Sheffield United stun Tottenham in FA Cup thanks to Iliman Ndiaye's solo goal". The Guardian. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Le futur Lionel Messi est-t-il Sénégalais ? | Seneweb Blogs". dakartimes. 14 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye après Sénégal-Bénin (3-1) : " J'ai eu des frissons quand les supporters ont crié mon nom! "". DAKARACTU.COM.
  20. ^ "I. Ndiaye". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Iliman Ndiaye – Hyde United". Hyde United F.C. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Youssouf Sabaly". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  23. ^ "EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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