Ezechiel Aliadjim N'Douassel (; born 22 April 1988) is a Chadian professional

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who plays a striker for Indonesian club Bhayangkara and the Chad national team. He is also nicknamed "King Eze" and "Giga Chad".

Club career

Early career

N'Douassel began his career in 2006 at local side

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before moving to

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in 2007 to play for

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and he joined

USM Blida Union Sportive Madinat Blida ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They currently play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of ...

USM Blida

In his debut for USM Blida, Ndouassel scored a brace against

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, with goals in the 86th and 90th minute to give his team a 2–1 win. He would end the season with five goals in fifteen appearances. During his time at USM Blida, N'Douassel was linked with a number of European clubs including

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and

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. On July 20, 2009, it was announced that Ndouassel joined

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club FCV Dender on a free transfer and signed a 3-year contract worth €200,000 after impressing on trial in friendlies against

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and

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. However, the move was not finalized and Ndouassel was forced to return to USM Blida shortly after because he was still under contract with the club.

Club Africain

On January 9, 2011, Ndouassel signed a 4-year contract with

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n side

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. In July 2014, Ndouassel was reported to have moved to

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on loan, with an option to buy. However this move fell through due to financial constraints on the French club, and with Club African unwilling to include him in their squad, left Ndouassel looking for a new club.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

On 4 September 2016 he signed a 3-year contract with

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. In January 2017 he left the club.

Persib Bandung

On 7 August 2017, he signed a half year contract with

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and retained for the following season. He made his league debut in a 0–0 against Arema on 12 August 2017 as a substitute for Tantan in the 45th minute. On 20 August 2017, N'Douassel scored his first league goal for Persib against

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as his team won 6–0. Ezechiel

He was also the top scorer for Persib in 2018 season with 17 goals, and retained by the club until 2020. He scored quattrick in a match against

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on 22 December 2019.

Bhayangkara

In January 2020, N'Douassel completed a move to

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on a 2-year deal.

2020 season

N'Douassel made his debut for Bhayangkara, coming on as a substitute for

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, in a pre-season cup game against Cambodian

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as his team won 1–0. N'Douassel scored his first goal for Bhayangkara in the same pre-season cup against

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club

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, scoring a goal in the 55th-minute, which saw Bhayangkara crowned as the champion. On 29 February 2020, N'Douassel made his first league debut for Bhayangkara against

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as his team drew 0–0. On 31 March 2020 N'Douassel scored his first league goal for Bhayangkara against

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as his team drew 2–2.

2021 season

On 29 August 2021, N'Douassel scored a brace in Bhayangkara's first league match in

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, earning them a 2–1 win over Persiraja Banda Aceh. N'Douassel scored two goals in a 3–2 win against

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, extending Bhayangkara unbeaten streak to six matches. On the following matchday, he started against his former club

, which ended his team's unbeaten run with a score of 2–0.

International career

Ezechiel is the captain and the national team's most capped player and top scorer in the history. He is a member of the Chad national team since 2005. He played on

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, 2007 CEMAC Cup,

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in a matches against

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home and away, against

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and

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, and in the

2010 World Cup quali