| Intro | Gabonese footballer | ||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Gabon | ||
| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 17 June 1994, Libreville, Estuaire Province, Gabon | ||
| Age: | 26 years | ||
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Didier Ibrahim Ndong (born 17 June 1994) 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. He scored his first Premier League goal. which was also his first goal for Sunderland, on February 4, 2017 in a 4-0 win at Crystal Palace.
Career Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CS Sfaxien | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | |
| Lorient | 2014–15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |
| Sunderland | 2016–17 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 110 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 6 | |
International career
In 2013 Anicet Yala, coach of the Gabon national U-20 team, called him up to be a member of the Gabon national under-20 football team for the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria.
Honours
Club
CS Sfaxien
- CLP-1 (1): 2012–13