Dan Ndoye

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Dan Ndoye

Dan Assane Ndoye (born 25 October 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as forward or winger for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team.[2]

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Ndoye playing for Nice in 2021
Personal information
Full name Dan Assane Ndoye
Date of birth (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Nyon, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, winger, wingback
Team information
Current team
Bologna
Number 11
Youth career
FC La Côte Sports
Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Lausanne-Sport II 21 (7)
2018–2020 Lausanne-Sport 33 (8)
2020–2022 Nice 16 (3)
2020Lausanne-Sport (loan) 12 (3)
2021–2022Basel (loan) 29 (2)
2022–2023 Basel 34 (5)
2023– Bologna 52 (6)
International career
2017 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2018 Switzerland U19 10 (3)
2019–2023 Switzerland U21 26 (10)
2022– Switzerland 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
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Club career

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Born in Nyon, to a Swiss mother and a Senegalese father, he started playing football in Switzerland.[3]

Lausanne-Sport

Ndoye started playing football in the youth academy of FC Lausanne-Sport (Team Vaud) at a very young age, first at its local base in his hometown Nyon, then in Lausanne itself.[3] Rising through the ranks at an impressive speed, he made his first steps with the U18s at the age of 15. He played 38 games and scored 23 goals in total for the U17 and U18s. Performances that allowed him to join Team Vaud U21, the reserve team of Lausanne-Sport, at the age of 17. Playing in the 4th Swiss division, he scored 7 goals in 21 games.

In the second half of the season 2018–19 season, he made his professional debut against FC Vaduz on 8 February 2019, then scored his first goal for Lausanne 5 days later, against SC Kriens.[4] In 15 matches, he scored 6 goals and quickly established himself as a key player.

Nice

On 27 January 2020, Ligue 1 club OGC Nice confirmed that Ndoye had signed with the club, but would remain at Lausanne on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[5]

Basel

On 31 August 2021, Ndoye completed a move to Basel on a one-year-loan and joined Basel's first team during their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen.[6] Ndoye played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Cornaredo on 12 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Lugano.[7] He scored his first goal for the team in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 30 September. This was the game in the group stage of the 2021–22 Europa Conference League as Basel won 4–2 against Kairat Almaty.[8] Ndoye scored his first league goal for his new club on 30 October in the away game in the Letzigrund as Basel played a 3–3 draw against Zürich.[9]

On 4 February 2022, Basel exercised the purchase option in their loan contract and signed Ndoye on a permanent basis with a four-and-a-half-year contract until the summer of 2026.[10]

Bologna

On 14 August 2023, Ndoye signed for Serie A club Bologna alongside Basel teammate Riccardo Calafiori while deals were done separately.[11] Later that year, on 20 December, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 away victory over Inter Milan after extra time in the Coppa Italia round of 16.[12]

International career

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Ndoye represented Switzerland at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level. He played at both the 2021 and 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championships.[13][14]

Ndoye made his debut for the Switzerland senior team on 24 September 2022 in a UEFA Nations League fixture against Spain.[15]

After appearing six times during the qualifying campaign,[16] Ndoye was named in Switzerland's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 finals in June 2024.[17] He started the team's opening match, playing 86 minutes of a 3–1 win over Hungary.[18] On 23 June, he scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Germany in the team's final Group A match, a result which ensured the Swiss team would progress to the knockout stage.[19] As Silvan Widmer was suspended for Switzerland's round of 16 match against Italy, Ndoye moved from attack to right wing-back. He played 77 minutes before being substituted for Vincent Sierro in the 2–0 win which knocked out the defending champions.[20] He continued to play at wing-back in the quarter-final against England, playing the 90 minutes of regulation time and the first eight minutes of extra time before being substituted for Denis Zakaria in the eventual penalty shootout defeat.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 February 2025[22]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lausanne-Sport 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League 15600156
2019–20 Swiss Challenge League 30442346
Total 4510424912
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 281105[b]2343
2021–22 Ligue 1 300030
Total 3111052373
Basel (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Super League 292208[c]2394
Basel 2022–23 Swiss Super League 3243219[c]1547
2023–24 Swiss Super League 212[c]041
Total 34532211588
Bologna 2023–24 Serie A 32121342
2024–25 Serie A 205108[d]0295
Total 5263180637
Career total 1912413542524634
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International

As of match played 15 October 2024
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202210
202360
2024111
Total181
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Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoye goal.
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List of international goals scored by Dan Ndoye
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
123 June 2024Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany14 Germany1–01–1UEFA Euro 2024
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Honours

Lausanne-Sport[2]

Individual

References

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