Cheikh N'Doye

Cheikh Tidiane N'Doye (born 29 March 1986) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Championnat National 2 club Cannes. He made 30 appearances scoring twice for the Senegal national team between 2014 and 2019.

Cheikh N'Doye

N'Doye with Créteil in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Cheikh Tidiane N'Doye[1]
Date of birth	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Rufisque, Senegal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cannes
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Yakaar
2009–2012	Épinal	72	(17)
2012–2015	Créteil	107	(32)
2015–2017	Angers	65	(14)
2017–2019	Birmingham City	39	(0)
2018–2019	→ Angers (loan)	27	(0)
2020–2024	Red Star	119	(31)
2024–	Cannes	4	(1)
International career‡
2014–2019	Senegal	30	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:04, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rufisque, N'Doye began his career with Yakaar before moving to France to play for Épinal. Following his time there, he had stints at Créteil and Angers.^[2][3]

He was captain of Angers in the 2016–17 season leading them to the Coupe de France final which they lost 1–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.^[4]

On 14 July 2017, N'Doye signed a two-year contract with English club Birmingham City, moving on a free transfer.^[5] He went straight into the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2017–18 season, which Birmingham lost 1–0 away to Ipswich Town,^[6] and made 37 league appearances as his team narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship.^[3][7] N'Doye appeared in Birmingham's first two matches of 2018–19, but with the club under pressure to reduce expenditure to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations, he was allowed to return to his former club, Angers, on loan for the season.^[8] He was released by Birmingham when his contract expired in June 2019.^[9]

On 6 October 2020, after over a year without a club, N'Doye returned to France, signing a one-year deal with Championnat National side Red Star.^[10]

N'Doye joined Cannes of Championnat National 2 in October 2024.^[11]

International career

N'Doye made his international debut for Senegal in 2014.^[2] He was a member of Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.^[1] In April 2019 he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament so missed the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.^[12][13]

Personal life

N'Doye holds both Senegalese and French nationalities.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2023–24 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Épinal	2009–10[15]	CFA	7	0			—		—		7	0
	2010–11[15]	CFA	30	11			—		—		30	11
	2011–12[15][16]	National	35	4	1	0	—		—		36	4
	Total		72	15	1	0	—		—		73	15
Créteil	2012–13[15][17]	National	34	11	2	0	—		—		36	11
	2013–14[18]	Ligue 2	36	10	2	0	3	0	—		41	10
	2014–15[18]	Ligue 2	37	11	1	0	4	0	—		42	11
	Total		107	32	5	0	7	0	—		119	32
Angers	2015–16[18]	Ligue 1	32	9	2	1	0	0	—		34	10
	2016–17[18]	Ligue 1	33	5	4	1	0	0	—		37	6
	Total		65	14	6	2	0	0	—		71	16
Birmingham City	2017–18[19]	Championship	37	0	3	0	0	0	—		40	0
	2018–19[20]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		39	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
Angers (loan)	2018–19[3]	Ligue 1	27	0	1	0	1	0	—		29	0
Red Star	2020–21[3]	National	26	6	4	0	—		—		30	6
	2021–22[3]	National	30	11	4	0	—		—		34	11
	2022–23[3]	National	31	8	1	0	—		—		32	8
	2023–24[3]	National	32	6	1	0	—		—		33	6
	Total		119	31	10	0	0	0	0	0	129	31
Career total			429	92	26	2	8	0	0	0	463	94

1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2014	1	1
	2015	5	0
	2016	5[a]	0
	2017	8	1
	2018	10	0
	2019	1	0
Total		30	2

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoye's goal.

List of international goals scored by Cheikh N'Doye^[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 May 2014	Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	2–2	2–2	Friendly
[a]	12 November 2016	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	South Africa	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	7 October 2017	Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde	Cape Verde	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

1. On 6 September 2017, the Emergency Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers annulled the result of the match between Senegal and South Africa from 12 November 2016 and ordered that it be replayed. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1. Match referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 20 March 2017 for "unlawfully influencing" the match after issuing a penalty for handball against Senegal.^[21]

Honours

Créteil

• Championnat National: 2012–13^[3]

Angers

• Coupe de France runners-up: 2016–17^[4]

Red Star

• Championnat National: 2023–24^[22]