Alfred N'Diaye
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Personal information
Date of birth
6 March 1990
Place of birth
Paris, France
Height
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position
Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Villareal
Number
18
Senegal
Villarreal CF 2016
Article
Youth career
US Vandœuvre
2000–2004
Nancy
2004–2008
Senior career*
Nancy
2008-2011
61x apps / 0x goal
Nancy B
2010-2011
4x apps / 0x goal
Bursaspor
2011-2013
51x apps / 4x goals
2013-2014
Sunderland
16x apps / 0x goal
→ Eskişehirspor (loan)
2013-2014
15x apps / 3x goals
→ Betis (loan)
2014
16x apps / 0x goal
Betis
2014-2016
50x apps / 1x goal
Villarreal
2016-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
France U17
2006-2007
8x apps / 0x goal
France U19
2008-2009
14x apps / 1x goal
France U20
2010
2x apps / 0x goal
France U21
2010
1x apps / 0x goal
Senegal
2013-
8x apps / 1x goal
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:11, 20 February 2016 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2015)
Alfred John Momar N'Diaye is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Senegal national football team as a defensive midfielder.
Career
Born in Paris, France, N'Diaye began his career with US Vandœuvre in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.
At the age of 14, he moved across the arrondissement to join the biggest club in the region, AS Nancy.
Upon arrival, Alfred endured early struggles, but quickly gained noticed following his second season at the academy.
In 2006, he signed his first professional contract.
Nancy
N'Diaye made his debut in the squad during the 2007-08 season in the Coupe de la Ligue, at the age of 17, coming on as a halftime substitute for Frédéric Biancalani in a 0:3 loss to Lens.
That was his only appearance that season as he would be relegated back to the reserves helping a young Nancy reserve squad barely avoid relegation.
Following the season, N'Diaye earned promotion to the senior squad for the 2008-09 season.
He was assigned the number 29 shirt and made his league debut in the opening match of the season against Lille appearing as a substitute in a 0:0 draw.
Two months later, he earned his first league start in a 1:1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain.
His positive play earned him regular starts in the squad, including playing the full 90 minutes in the club's 3:0 upset victory over Olympique de Marseille at the Stade Vélodrome and playing, on two occasions, 120 minutes of football in cup play against Grenoble in the Coupe de la Ligue and SO Romorantin in the Coupe de France.
In total, he made 27 appearances and collected 7 yellow cards.
Bursaspor
On 1 July 2011, Nancy confirmed on its website that the club had reached an agreement with Turkish club Bursaspor for the transfer of N'Diaye.
The deal was finalised on 3 July for a reported fee of €2 million.
Sunderland
On 9 January 2013, it was announced that Sunderland had completed the signing of N'Diaye for an undisclosed fee.
He was given the number 4 shirt.
On 12 January 2013, N'Diaye made his Sunderland debut at the Stadium of Light in a match which they won 3:0 against West Ham United.
He came on as a substitute for Adam Johnson and almost scored with his first touch in English Football as his shot went just wide.
His full debut for Sunderland came against Wigan away, in which he produced a "wonderful" assist for Steven Fletcher to score and put them in front.
Eskişehirspor (loan)
On 28 July 2013 it was announced N'Diaye would join Turkish club Eskişehirspor on a season-long loan.
On 28 January 2014, Eskişehirspor announced that N'Diaye's loan had been terminated by the club.
Betis
On 30 January 2014, N'Diaye joined Spanish side Real Betis on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 campaign.
He appeared in 16 matches, as the Andalusians were relegated.
On 22 August 2014, free agent N'Diaye signed a five-year deal with the Béticos.
Villarreal
On 8 July 2016, N'Diaye signed a five-year contract with Villarreal CF also in the main category.