Alassane N'Dour (born 12 December 1981) is a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

ese former 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, rugb ...

who played as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...

Career

N'Dour played for

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

and

Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, the highest level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the ...

, both in France. In 2003–04 he spent time on loan at

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

. He also played for the Senegal national team and was a participant at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. In February 2008 N'Dour joined

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. His performance in the 2–1 home win against

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado ...

on 5 April 2008 saw him named in the League One Team of the Week. From 15 May 2009 he signed in Greece, to

Doxa Drama Doxa Drama Football Club ( el, Δόξα Δράμας) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system. Fo ...

, a historic team of Greek football, promoting to the second division in the 2009–10 season as champion of the third Division North.

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* * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Association football midfielders Senegalese footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegal international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2002 FIFA World Cup players AS Saint-Étienne players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Walsall F.C. players ES Troyes AC players Doxa Drama F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece {{Senegal-footy-midfielder-stub