Abdoulaye Ndiaye (footballer)

Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye (born 10 April 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian Serie A club Parma and the Senegal national team.

Abdoulaye Ndiaye

Ndiaye with Brest in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye
Date of birth	(2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Boune, Senegal[1]
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Parma
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2020	Dakar Sacré-Cœur
2020–2022	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Lyon B	17	(0)
2022–2023	→ Bastia (loan)	28	(1)
2023–2025	Troyes	31	(0)
2024–2025	→ Brest (loan)	22	(1)
2025–	Parma	0	(0)
International career‡
2019	Senegal U20	1	(0)
2022	Senegal U23	1	(0)
2024–	Senegal	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 06:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Club career

A youth product of Dakar Sacré-Cœur, Ndiaye signed with the youth academy of Lyon in 2020.^[2] On 16 June 2022, he signed on loan with Ligue 2 side Bastia.^[3] He made his professional debut with Bastia in a 4–1 league win over Niort on 6 August 2022, a game in which he scored from a header.^[4]

On 20 July 2023, Ndiaye signed for Ligue 2 club Troyes on a five-year contract.^[5] Lyon received a transfer fee of €3.5 million, in addition to a 20% sell-on clause.^[6]

On 24 July 2024, Ndiaye joined Ligue 1 club Brest on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy for €8 million.^[7][8]

On 4 August 2025, Ndiaye signed a five-year contract with Parma in Italy.^[9]

International career

On 1 September 2023, Ndiaye received his first call-up to the Senegal national team.^[10]

In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.^[11]