Papa Alioune N'Diaye known as Badou Ndiaye ( IPA: ; born 27 October 1990) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club is competitive in football, watersports, racquet sports and martial arts. Football team's thriving success at the Adana League and the ...

. Badou began his career with Diambars in his native Senegal before moving to Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt in 2012. After impressing in Norway, he joined Turkish

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Osmanlıspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bel ...

in 2015. He spent two years with Osmanlıspor before joining

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

in August 2017 for a fee of €7.5 million. In January 2018, Badou signed for English

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club Stoke City for a fee of £14 million. Following Stoke's relegation in 2017–18, Badou re-joined Galatasaray on loan for the 2018–19 season.

Club career

Early career

Badou was born in

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and grew up in Diamalaye as a son of an army officer and science teacher. Ndiaye began studying for a law degree whilst playing for local side Diambars. After a year into his studies, he decided to pursue a career in football and went on trials at European clubs.

Bodø/Glimt

After a successful trial with Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt he joined them on initially on loan in 2012. Having moved from Senegal to the Arctic Circle, Ndiaye admitted it was a culture shock.—"When I got up on the first day and opened the front door I was terrified. I had never seen snow before, or at least only on TV. Gradually I learned not to care about the weather. If it’s cold, then it’s cold. I have received that attitude from my parents; it’s important to adapt." He made his debut in a 3–3 draw against

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. Before the 2013 season he signed a contract with Bodø/Glimt. He was awarded the Kniksenprisen prize for the best player in the

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2013 while the team won promotion. Badou became a fan favorite at the Aspmyra Stadion and played every

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match in

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as Bodø/Glimt successfully avoided relegation.

Osmanlıspor

On 5 August 2015, Badou moved to Turkish side

, for a reported transfer fee of €300,000. Badou scored 11 goals in 33 appearances in 2015–16, helping Osmanlıspor qualify for the

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. In 2016–17 he played 42 times scoring seven goals as the side finished in 13th position and reached the last 32 of the Europa League losing to

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Galatasaray

On 4 August 2017, he moved to league rivals

on a four-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €7.5 million. Badou made 17 appearances in the first half of the 2017–18 season before he began talking to English clubs.

Stoke City

Badou joined English

club Stoke City on 31 January 2018 for a fee of £14 million. Badou scored his first goal in English football on 22 April 2018 in a 1–1 draw against

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. Badou played 13 times for Stoke in 2017–18 as they were relegated to the EFL Championship. Badou started the first game of the 2018–19 season, a 3–1 defeat away at

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where he was substituted by Gary Rowett and was heavily criticized by supporters for his performance. On 28 August 2018, Badou re-joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan. Badou played 33 times for

in 2018–19 helping them win the

and

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. After spending the 2018–19 season back at

, Badou returned to Stoke in the summer of 2019. After failing to secure a move away he was re-introduced into the side by Nathan Jones for the 2019–20 season. Jones was replaced by Michael O'Neill in November 2019 and Badou fell out of favor. He returned to Turkish football on 4 January 2020 signing on loan with

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

until the end of the 2019–20 season. He played 23 times for Trabzonspor, helping them finish 2nd in the Süper Lig and win the 2020 Turkish Cup after beating

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2–0 in the final. Badou joined

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on loan for the 2020–21 season. Badou cut his loan with Fatih Karagümrük short in February to join

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side

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on loan.

Aris Thessaloniki

On 22 July 2021, Badou joined Greek Super League side

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

on a three-year contract. On 24 October 2021, he celebrated his first goal for the club in a 5-1 home win against

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Senegal’s 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndiaye goal.''

Honours

Club

Galatasaray *

: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

: 2018–19 Trabzonspor *Turkish Cup: 2019–20

International

Senegal * Africa Cup of Nations runner-up:

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Individual * Eliteserien Player of the Year:

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* Süper Lig Team of the Season: 2021–22

References

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