Cheikhou Ndiaye
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cheikhou Omar Ndiaye | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaolack, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Seraing | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2023 | Génération Foot | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Seraing | 48 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Senegal | 13 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:06, 13 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Cheikhou Omar Ndiaye (born 25 January 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Challenger Pro League side Seraing.[1]
Early life
[edit]From Kaolack, he joined the Génération Foot football academy in Senegal in 2018.[2]
Club career
[edit]A product of the Génération Foot Academy in Senegal,[3] he joined Belgian club RFC Seraing in the summer of 2023, one of five from the Academy to make the move at that time.[4][5][6]
He made his debut for Seraing in the Challenger Pro League on 2 September 2023 against KV Oostende.[7] During the 2023-24 season he became a regular starter for the team in defence.[8]
International career
[edit]He captained Senegal at U17 and U20 level. With Senegal, he won the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN).[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cheikhou Ndiaye". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- 1 2 "Cheikhou Oumar Ndiaye to FC Seraing". Africafoot. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "Team Of The Week – An excellent trio carries RFC Seraing, Basse confirms, Moussa Ndiaye preponderant…". wiwsport. 4 Mar 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "Mercato : Le RFC Seraing annonce enfin l'arrivée de ses recrues en provenance de Génération Foot". Wiwsport. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "RFC SERAING RECRUITS 5 GENERATION FOOT PLAYERS!". Letsgometz. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "Matar Cissé discusses the adaptation of Cheikhou Oumar Ndiaye and Djibril Diarra to RFC Seraing". Presafrik.com. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "KV OOSTENDE VS. RFC SERAING 1 - 1". Spccerway. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ Thior, Birama (Nov 3, 2023). "RFC SERAING: CHEIKHOU OMAR NDIAYE'S INJURY CHANGES THE SITUATION". Senegal7.com. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Génération Foot players
- RFC Seraing (1922) players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen