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My Take
What strikes me about Abdoulaye Ndiaye is the quiet ambition of his path. Born in 2002 in the Bignona Department of Senegal, he has fought his way into Serie A with Parma and earned a Senegal national team call-up before turning twenty-five. I have a soft spot for centre-backs: they rarely make the highlight reels, yet they hold a team together. To do that work at the very top of Italian football, far from home, takes a maturity that I genuinely admire. I see him as one of the unglamorous foundations on which winning sides are built, and I am curious to watch how far that resolve carries him.
Overview
Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye (born 10 April 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Parma and the Senegal national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Abdoulaye Ndiaye
- Name (Japanese)
- アブドゥライ・ンジャイ
- Reading
- あぶどぅらい・んじゃい
- Born
- April 10, 2002 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Boune, Bignona Department, Senegal
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Senegal →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.