Didier Ibrahim N'Dong
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Personal information
Date of birth
17 June 1994
Place of birth
Lambaréné, Gabon
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position
Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Sunderland
Number
tba
Senior career
CS Sfaxien
2011-2015
19x apps / 1x goal
Lorient
2015-2016
46x apps / 37x goals
Sunderland
2016-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
Gabon U20
2012-2013
3x apps / 0x goal
Gabon
2012-
18x apps / 0x goal
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:18, 18 May 2016 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 16:54, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
Didier Ibrahim Ndong is a Gabonese footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Sunderland and the Gabonese national team.
Club career
CS Sfaxien
Born in Lambaréné, Gabon, Didier Ibrahim moved to Tunisia, where he made his professional debut playing for CS Sfaxien during the 2011–12 CLP-1 season.
He made his first appearance under then manager Nabil Kouki on 26 September 2012, starting and playing 80' minutes against JS Kairouan before being substituted off, marking his only appearance for the first team that year.
The following season, Didier made more appearances for the first team under newly appointed manager Ruud Krol, while receiving training by former Ajax defender Hatem Trabelsi,
Didier made 12 appearances during the regular season, scoring once against Stade Tunisien on 14 April 2013, playing as an attacking right midfielder for the club from Sfax.
He made six further appearances for CS Sfaxien during the playoffs helping his side to win the national championship and their 8th title overall.
FC Lorient
On 3 January 2015, Didier signed for Ligue 1 side FC Lorient on a four and a half year contact.
Sunderland
On August 31, 2016 he joined English side Sunderland on a permanent 5 year deal, for a fee of £13.6M breaking their previous transfer record.