Didier Ibrahim Ndong is a Gabonese footballer and midfielder for Guingamp. He played for the Gabon national team.
A talented midfielder, in which many clubs are interested, ready to spend on the acquisition of such a player from 10 million euros. Character and will to win are the basis of talent and luck.
short biography
Didier Ibrahim N'Dong (name at home: Didier Ibrahim Ndong) was born on June 17, 1994 (age 24 g) in the administrative center - Lambarene, Republic of Gabon. Lambarene is located in the Central African rainforests on the Ogove River, while Gabon itself (French Gabon [ɡaˈbõ]), the full official form is the Gabonese Republic (French République gabonaise) - a state in Central Africa, a former colony of France. Yes, Didier's fate was not easy: in early childhood, Ndong lost his mother, which only tempered his character. And now you can imagine what kind of character and extraordinary willpower a boy born in an African province must have in order to achieve such results in sports. How his desire to win is reflected in the individual characteristics of the game of football. And even if his whole personal life, at the moment, is spent in training and games, it gives Ndong real pleasure.
Career
Young Didier at the age of 17 in 2011 contributed to the development of his team, where he represented the Gabon national team in the age category under 23 in the African Youth Championship under 23, in the Sportive Pélican Association is a Gabonese football club based in Lambarene. They play at Jean Kumu Stadium. And in the same season, in 2011, he brought his team an award: second place in the Gabon League, Group D1 Championship.
Didier NDong continued his sports career at the age of 18 at the Tunisian football club Sfaxien. He made his debut for the main team on September 26, 2012 in the 29th round of the Professional League 1 Championship (French Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1) - the top football league in Tunisia against Kairouan (Tunisian football club). N'Dong's team won with a score of 1: 0. For the senior national team he made his debut on November 14, 2012 in a friendly match against the Portuguese national team. The meeting ended in a draw with a score of 2: 2.
In 2013, he played for the Gabon national team in the playoffs, the national team never made it.
And already in the 2012-2013 season he played 18 games - scored 1 goal, including the playoffs. Didier won the title of champion of Tunisia.
Also this season, Didier's team won the CAF Confederation Cup, an international soccer competition for clubs from the African Confederation of Football (CAF) countries. It is analogous to the UEFA Europa League. In the 2013-2014 season, he played 16 matches in the championship, scored 1 goal.
In the 2014-2015 season he played 5 matches. Ndong has 19 appearances for the Gabon national team. As a result of performances for the national team: 23 games, 0 goals; 9 wins, 8 draws, 6 defeats. Played for the national team at the 2015 African Cup. Played 3 matches in the group stage. The team did not make it to the playoffs.
Club career
At the beginning of 2015, he moved to FC Lorient, a French football club playing in the French Ligue 1: Ndong played in the Tunisian championship for the Gabon U20 national team and did not think about Europe. But then, like in a fairy tale - Lorient came - bad first games and some problems in the center of the field prompted the president of the club, Loic Feri, to look for Sylvain Ripole as a newcomer in midfield. It turned out to be Didier Ndong. The player, completely unknown to the general public, suddenly took and won a place in the main team. Didier does not like to lose, as can be seen from his flash interview after the last Breton derby with Guingamp: "Of course, we played well, but this was our third draw in a row, it starts to annoy me a little." At the same time, Ndong does not hide his irritation. Didier showed with all his appearance that he was actually fed up with such matches. He only needs victories. But work is work, you have to be able to play and manipulate, which Didier learns more and more from play to play.
In the 2014-2015 season, he played 12 league matches for the team. I didn't score goals.
In the summer of 2016, Sunderland (eng. Sunderland Association Football Club) - an English football club and is one of the oldest clubs in England bought the already famous to the general public - Ndong from Lorient, for a record for himself, 20 million euros. In total, the midfielder played 54 games for Sunderland, scoring one goal and making five assists. In the 2015-2016 season, he played 34 matches, scored 2 goals.
11 October Sunderland terminate the contract with Didier Ndong: The Black Cats parted ways with the midfielder (midfielder - a football player acting between defense and attack), because he did not show up for the team's pre-season training camp. And just in the winter transfer window of the midfielder of the Gabon national team Didier Ndonga wanted to get the football team "Rostov", ready to pay, according to Isport.ga, for a 24-year-old player 4 million euros. This is the amount of compensation that Sunderland intends to receive. Not only Rostov, but also Spartak participated and lost the fight for Sunderland midfielder - Didier Ndong, such a young and daring player. Of course, as in any sport, one cannot do without injuries: Ankle injury (2017-24-12, 2018-12-01) Knee injury (2017-06-11, 2017-15-12) Leg injury (2017-18-05, 2017-08-07)
