Mamoutou N'Diaye (born 15 March 1990) is a Malian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

club

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. The ...

Career

N'Diaye is a central midfielder, who also plays as central defender. He persuaded

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, a ...

in the testing period he passed in Ghent in the winter break of the season 2008–09. He played his first minutes in the Belgian 1st Division on April 18, 2010, against

Zulte-Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish ...

. He was the substitute of

Christophe Lepoint Christophe Paul F. Lepoint (; born 24 October 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Seraing. Club career On 31 January 2011, he was seriously injured in a car accident. ...

RSC Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer ...

was also interested in N'Diaye, but he chose KAA Gent because he would have too many competitors in Anderlecht, and also because his agent is a good friend of the manager of KAA Gent, Michel Louwagie. In the season 2010–2011, Mamoutou has been lent for one year to

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. In January 2019, he joined

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n club

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

. He scored his first goal for Dinamo on 22 April 2019, in a game against

FC Botoșani Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being established, ...

. He was released by Dinamo in August 2020. On 2 August 2021, he returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with

Honours

Westerlo *

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

: 2021–22

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* * * * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian footballers Men's association football midfielders ASC Jeanne d'Arc players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players K.A.A. Gent players R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Saudi Professional League players Ohod Club players Liga I players FC Dinamo București players Segunda División B players CD Marino players K.V.C. Westerlo players Malian expatriate footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Malian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Spain Mali men's international footballers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub