Bakary Moussa N'Diaye (born 26 November 1998) is a Mauritanian professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for Greek

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club Rodos and the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Born in

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, N'Diaye joined

Botola Pro The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prim ...

side

Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi ( ar, الدفاع الحسني الجديدي) is a Moroccan football club based in El Jadida. They are currently playing in the Botola. Home stadium DHJ play their home games at the Stade El Abdi. Crest Image:Difa ...

in 2017, from hometown side

FC Tevragh-Zeina Football Club Tevragh-Zeïna ( ar, نادي تفرغ زينة لكرة القدم) is a Mauritanian football club based in the Tevragh-Zeina district of Nouakchott. The club was founded in 2005. History In 2009, ASC Tevragh-Zeïna reached t ...

. He left the club in September 2020 when his contract expired, choosing to sign for a European club instead. On 17 January 2021, N'Diaye signed a contract with Spanish

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side

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

for the remainder of the season. After only appearing with the farm team in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, he moved to Greek club Rodos FC on 8 August 2021.

International career

N'Diaye made his full international debut for

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

on 28 May 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Mamadou Niass in a 2–0 friendly win against

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. On 21 May 2019, he was named in Mauritania's 23-man squad for the

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. N'Diaye scored his first international goal on 11 November 2020, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

, for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.''

Honours

Tevragh-Zeina *

Ligue 1 Mauritania Super D1 ( ar, الدوري الموريتاني الممتاز), is the top division of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was created in 1976. Current clubs (2021–22) Previous winners *1976: AS Garde Natio ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:N'Diaye, Bakary 1998 births Living people People from Nouakchott Mauritanian footballers Association football defenders FC Tevragh-Zeina players Botola players Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi players Polvorín FC players Rodos F.C. players Tercera División players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Mauritania international footballers Mauritanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Morocco Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Greece Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece