Lassana N'Diaye

Lassana N'Diaye (born 3 October 2000)[3] is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bulgarian First League club Arda on loan from CSKA Moscow.

Lassana N'Diaye
Personal information
Full name Lassana N'Diaye[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Arda Kardzhali
(on loan from CSKA Moscow)
Youth career
Guidars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
2020 → AFC Eskilstuna (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Veles Moscow (loan) 12 (2)
2021–2022 → Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (loan) 14 (2)
2022 → Arda Kardzhali (loan) 0 (0)
2022– → Arda Kardzhali (loan) 28 (5)
International career‡
Mali U17
Mali U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:44, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Bamako,[2] after playing for Guidars, N'Diaye turned professional with Russian club CSKA Moscow in October 2018.[4] In August 2020 he moved on loan to Swedish club AFC Eskilstuna.[5] In February 2021 he moved on loan to Veles Moscow.[6] On 7 September 2021, he was loaned to Tekstilshchik Ivanovo for the 2021–22 season.[7] On 3 February 2022, the loan to Tekstilschik was terminated early.[8] On 17 February 2022, N'Diaye joined Arda Kardzhali in Bulgaria on loan until the end of the season.[9] On 8 July 2022, N'Diaye extended his CSKA contract throughout the 2023–24 season and returned to Arda on another loan for the 2022–23 season.[10]

International career

He represented Mali under-17s at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[3] finishing the tournament as the second-highest scorer.[4] He has also played for Mali under-20s,[2] and represented them at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11]

Playing style

He models himself on Samuel Eto'o.[3]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Lassana N'Diaye at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "N'Diaye: Mali's natural-born goalscorer". FIFA. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. Oluwashina Okeleji (6 October 2018). "Lassana N'Diaye: CSKA Moscow sign Malian teenager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. "Lassana N'Diaye joins AFC Eskilstuna on loan". pfc-cska.com.
  6. "Лассана Н'Диайе перешел из ЦСКА в «Велес» на правах аренды 02.25.2021 - ODDS.ru". odds.ru (in Russian).
  7. "ЛАССАНА Н'ДИАЙЕ — ИГРОК "ТЕКСТИЛЬЩИКА"" (in Russian). FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. 7 September 2021.
  8. "ЛАССАНА Н'ДИАЙЕ ПОКИДАЕТ "ТЕКСТИЛЬЩИК"" (in Russian). Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. 3 February 2022.
  9. "АРДА подписа с играч на ЦСКА Москва, след което проведе тренировка (СНИМКИ+ВИДЕО)" (Press release) (in Bulgarian). FC Arda Kardzhali. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. "Лассана Н'Диайе проведет сезон-2022/23 в Болгарии" (in Russian). CSKA Moscow. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  11. "Under-20 World Cup: Mali make one change to squad". 15 May 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.


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