Evan Ndicka
Ndicka with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name Obite Evan Ndicka[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 5
Youth career
2006–2009 F.C.A. Paris 19ème
2009–2012 Solitaires Paris-Est F.C.
2012–2017 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Auxerre 14 (0)
2018–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 134 (10)
2023– Roma 15 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 France U16 5 (0)
2016 France U17 1 (0)
2017 France U18 2 (0)
2018 France U19 1 (0)
2017–2019 France U20 10 (0)
2019 France U21 1 (0)
2023– Ivory Coast 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024

Obite Evan Ndicka (born 20 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Ndicka is an academy graduate of Auxerre and made his senior debut for the club in January 2017, aged 17. He spent the next season-and-half at the club, making 14 senior appearances before joining Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2018.

Early life

Ndicka was born in Paris to a Cameroonian father and an Ivorian mother.[4][5]

Club career

Auxerre

Having joined Ligue 2 side Auxerre at the age of 13, Ndicka progressed through the club's academy and made his professional debut on 27 January 2017, starting in a 1–0 win over Clermont.[6][7] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 5 February.[6] He ultimately made 14 appearances for the club over the next season and half before signing for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported fee of €5.5m.[8]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 5 July 2018, Ndicka signed for German club Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal.[9] He quickly became an important member of the first-team squad and featured regularly for the club in the league and the Europa League.[citation needed] In February 2019, his performances earned him the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month award, a monthly title awarded to the highest performing under-23 player in a particular month, and saw him also nominated for the Rookie of the Season award.[10][11] From then, he missed only one match for the remainder of the season as the club narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification.[12]

Having been a part of the side that won the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League,[13][14] in June 2023 Ndicka officially left Eintracht after five seasons, following the expiration of his contract.[15][16]

Roma

On 21 June 2023, Ndicka signed for Serie A club Roma on a five-year contract.[17]

International career

Ndicka represented France at U16 and U17 level and was called up to the U18 team for the first time by manager Bernard Diomède in March 2017.[18][19] He then went on to play for every French youth squad up to the Under-21 national team.[20]

In June 2023, he officially switched his allegiance to Ivory Coast,[21] subsequently receiving his first official call-up by the senior national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Zambia;[22][23] however, he was eventually forced to withdraw from the squad, due to bureaucratic issues.[24] He finally debuted with the Ivory Coast in a 1–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Lesotho on 9 September 2023.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 December 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre 2016–17 Ligue 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2017–18 Ligue 2 12 0 1 0 1 0 — — 14 0
Total 14 0 1 0 1 0 — — 16 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 2018–19 Bundesliga 27 1 0 0 — 9[a] 0 — 36 1
2019–20 Bundesliga 22 1 4 0 — 8[a] 1 — 34 2
2020–21 Bundesliga 23 3 2 0 — — — 25 3
2021–22 Bundesliga 32 4 1 0 — 11[a] 0 — 44 4
2022–23 Bundesliga 30 1 5 1 — 8[b] 0 1[c] 0 44 2
Total 134 10 12 1 — 36 1 1 0 183 12
Roma 2023–24 Serie A 15 0 0 0 — 5[a] 0 — 20 0
Career total 163 10 13 1 1 0 41 1 1 0 219 12
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

As of match played 3 February 2024[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ivory Coast 2023 6 0
2024 6 0
Total 12 0

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Evan Ndicka: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Evan Ndicka". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Obite Evan Ndicka". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Voici pourquoi Evan Ndicka a dit « oui » à la Côte d'Ivoire et « non » au Cameroun". June 7, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Evan Ndicka passe professionnel avec Auxerre, Kenji-Van Boto prolonge". L'Equipe. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.(in French)
  7. ^ "Clermont v Auxerre". Soccerway. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. ^ Billingham, Dan (7 March 2019). "The Frankfurt Way: How the Bundesliga Outfit Continue to Punch Above their Weight". These Football Times. Retrieved 12 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Quarez, Benjamin (5 July 2018). "Officiel - Evan N'Dicka quitte Auxerre pour l'Eintracht Francfort" [Official - Evan N'Dicka leaves Auxerre for Eintracht Frankfurt] (in French). Goal. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Ndicka named Rookie of the Month". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt defender Evan N'Dicka named Bundesliga Rookie of the Month". Bundesliga. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Bundesliga Rookie Award 2018/19 presented by Tag Heuer". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Frankfurt 1–1 Rangers (aet, Frankfurt win 5–4 on penalties): Trapp seals shoot-out success". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Eine Kante in der Abwehrkette". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Le défenseur Evan Ndicka quitte l'Eintracht Francfort". L'Équipe (in French). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Evan Ndicka rejoint officiellement l'AS Rome et s'engage pour cinq ans". L'Équipe (in French). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  18. ^ "L'équipe de France U17 se rôde à Malesherbes cet après-midi". La Republique du Centre. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.(in French)
  19. ^ Dard, Philippe (14 March 2017). "Quatre jeunes de clubs de Ligue 2 sélectionnés en équipe de France U18". MaLigue2. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.(in French)
  20. ^ "Evan Ndicka, ce jeune Français révélé à l'Eintracht Francfort et qui va jouer la finale de la Ligue Europa". L'Équipe (in French). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Kessie called up for Ivory Coast national team duty amidst vacation plans". Mundo Deportivo USA. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Elim. CAN 2023 (5è j Zambie-Côte d'Ivoire) : Voici les 22 Eléphants sélectionnés". Ivorian Football Federation (in French). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  23. ^ "CAN 2023 : la liste de la Côte d'Ivoire avec Evan Ndicka". Sport News Africa (in French). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  24. ^ "Jonathan Bamba va honorer sa première sélection avec la Côte d'Ivoire, Evan Ndicka pas encore". L'Équipe (in French). 17 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  25. ^ Info, R. T. I. (September 9, 2023). "La Côte d'Ivoire bat le Lesotho sur le score de 1 but à 0 au stade Laurent Pokou de San Pedro. Le but ivoirien a été inscrit par Ibrahim Sangaré à la 16e minute". RTI Info.
  26. ^ "O. N'Dicka". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  27. ^ Evan Ndicka at National-Football-Teams.com
  28. ^ "The EA Sports Bundesliga Team of the Season 2021/22 is here!". Bundesliga. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

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