Cheikh N’Doye

Cheikh Tidiane N’Doye (born 29 March 1986) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Red Star. He made 30 appearances scoring twice for the Senegal national team between 2014 and 2019.

Club career

Born in Rufisque, N’Doye began his career with Yakaar before moving to France to play for Épinal. Following his time there, he had stints at Créteil and Angers.^[2]^[3]

He was captain of Angers in the 2016–17 season leading them to the Coupe de France final which they lost 1–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.^[4]

On 14 July 2017, N’Doye signed a two-year contract with English club Birmingham City, moving on a free transfer.^[5] He went straight into the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2017–18 season, which Birmingham lost 1–0 away to Ipswich Town,^[6] and made 37 league appearances as his team narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship.^[3]^[7] N’Doye appeared in Birmingham’s first two matches of 2018–19, but with the club under pressure to reduce expenditure to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations, he was allowed to return to his former club, Angers, on loan for the season.^[8] He was released by Birmingham when his contract expired in June 2019.^[9]

On 6 October 2020, after over a year without a club, N’Doye returned to France, signing a one-year deal with Championnat National side Red Star.^[10]

International career

N’Doye made his international debut for Senegal in 2014.^[2] He was a member of Senegal’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.^[1] In April 2019 he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament so missed the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.^[11]^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2022–23 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Épinal	2009–10^[13]	CFA	7	0			—		—		7	0
	2010–11^[13]	CFA	30	11			—		—		30	11
	2011–12^[13]^[14]	National	35	4	1	0	—		—		36	4
	Total		72	15	1	0	—		—		73	15
Créteil	2012–13^[13]^[15]	National	34	11	2	0	—		—		36	11
	2013–14^[16]	Ligue 2	36	10	2	0	3	0	—		41	10
	2014–15^[16]	Ligue 2	37	11	1	0	4	0	—		42	11
	Total		107	32	5	0	7	0	—		119	32
Angers	2015–16^[16]	Ligue 1	32	9	2	1	0	0	—		34	10
	2016–17^[16]	Ligue 1	33	5	4	1	0	0	—		37	6
	Total		65	14	6	2	0	0	—		71	16
Birmingham City	2017–18^[17]	Championship	37	0	3	0	0	0	—		40	0
	2018–19^[18]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		39	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
Angers (loan)	2018–19^[3]	Ligue 1	27	0	1	0	1	0	—		29	0
Red Star	2020–21^[19]	National	26	6	4	0	—		—		30	6
	2021–22^[19]	National	30	11	4	0	—		—		34	11
	2022–23^[19]	National	31	8	1	0	—		—		32	8
	Total		87	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	96	25
Career total			397	86	25	2	8	0	0	0	430	88

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2014	1	1
	2015	5	0
	2016	5^[a]	0
	2017	8	1
	2018	10	0
	2019	1	0
Total		30	2

Scores and results list Senegal’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoye’s goal.

List of international goals scored by Cheikh N’Doye^[2]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 May 2014	Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	2–2	2–2	Friendly
^[a]	12 November 2016	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	South Africa	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	7 October 2017	Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde	Cape Verde	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification