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Cherif Ndiaye

Cherif Ndiaye
Ndiaye with Red Star Belgrade in 2024
Personal information
Full name Pape Cherif Ndiaye
Date of birth (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Red Star Belgrade
Number 9
Youth career
Grand Yoff FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Waasland-Beveren 9 (0)
2019–2021 Gorica 52 (15)
2020–2021Göztepe (loan) 39 (10)
2021–2022 Göztepe 30 (10)
2022 Shanghai Port 24 (9)
2023 Adana Demirspor 14 (9)
2023– Red Star Belgrade 41 (21)
International career
2024– Senegal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Pape Cherif Ndiaye (born 23 January 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Senegal national team.[2]

Club career

Ndiaye joined Waasland-Beveren from the Senegalese club Grand Yoff FC.[3] He made his debut for Waasland-Beveren in a 1–0 loss on 21 January 2017 to K.V. Oostende.[4]

Turkey career

Ndiaye played at Göztepe (2020–21, 2021–22 seasons) and Adana Demirspor (2022–23 half term, 2023) teams in Turkey. After going to China, SH Port, on 28 January 2023, Ndiaye returned to Turkey on loan to Adana Demirspor with an option to buy.[5] He made a good performance by scoring 4 goals in 6 matches played by Adana Demirspor in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round matches on 2023–24 season. The option to buy was exercised on 1 July 2023.

Red Star Belgrade

After Adana Demirspor failed to qualify for the UEFA Conference League, Ndiaye's excellent start to the season did not go unnoticed. In the last minutes of 4 September, Ndiaye inks a three-year contract, with an option for another year, with the UEFA Champions League participant Red Star Belgrade, in a transfer worth €4 million,[6] along with Korean Hwang In-beom. In his new team, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Manchester City match.[7] His first score in that League is against Young Boys on 4 October 2023.[8] 23 September 2024, he scored a hat-trick in the Eternal derby against Partizan Belgrade and becoming the first player to do so in 56 years since Stevan Ostojić on 17 November 1968.[9]

International career

Ndiaye made his debut for the Senegal national team on 6 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against DR Congo at the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium. He substituted Nicolas Jackson in the 90th minute as the game ended in a 1–1 draw.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Waasland-Beveren 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2017–18 4 0 0 0 4 1 8 1
2018–19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 8 0 0 0 5 1 13 1
Gorica 2018–19 Croatian First Football League 17 8 0 0 17 8
2019–20 33 7 3 4 36 11
2020–21 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 52 15 3 4 55 19
Göztepe (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 39 10 1 2 40 12
Göztepe 2021–22 Süper Lig 30 10 3 2 33 12
Shanghai Port 2022 Chinese Super League 24 9 1 0 25 9
Adana Demirspor (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 12 8 0 0 12 8
Adana Demirspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 2 1 0 0 6[b] 4 8 5
Red Star 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 28 11 5 3 6[c] 1 39 15
Career total 195 64 13 11 12 5 5 1 225 81

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Waasland-Beveren haalt jong talent Cherif Ndiaye binnen – Waasland-Beveren". Waasland-beveren.be. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Званична страница ФК Црвена звезда | Најновије вести, утакмице и новости".
  3. ^ "Waasland-Beveren recrute le jeune attaquant Cherif Ndiaye". Rtbf.be. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "BELGIQUE, Ligue Jupiler Waasland-Beveren-KV Oostende: 0 à 1 – Football – MAXIFOOT". Maxifoot.fr. 20 August 1996. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Takımımız, Çin Süper Lig ekiplerinden Shanghai Port takımının formasını giyen forvet oyuncusu Pape Cherif Ndiaye" (in Turkish). Adana Demirspor. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Red Star Belgrade breaks transfer record with 4 million euro signing of Senegalese striker Cherif-Ndiaye". nogomania.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Man City:3-Crvena zvezda:1". uefa.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Crvena zvezda 2 - 2 Young Boys". uefa.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Шерифов хет-трик за историју вечитих дербија". FK Crvena zvezda. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Senegal v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 6 June 2024.
  11. ^ Cherif Ndiaye at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  12. ^ "RED STAR (Belgrade) 2–1 Vojvodina (N. Now)". FSS (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Najbolji igrač 26. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Šerif Endiaje". www.superliga.rs. 18 March 2024.