Alassane N'Diaye (born 25 February 1990) is a French

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who plays as a

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Career

After developing his game at

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in his native France and

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in Switzerland, N'Diaye moved to English

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side

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to play first-team football. He made his debut in August 2009, and scored his first goal for the Eagles in a win at

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, before scoring again in a home win over

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. However, N'Diaye's first-team appearances decreased over the course of the 2009–10 season, and they were even fewer and far between the following year. He finished the

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season on loan at

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, suffering relegation from

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, before moving to League Two side

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on a season-long loan in the 2011–12 season. However, this loan was cancelled after a bust-up with a teammate, and his contract at Palace was also cancelled 10 months early at this time. In November 2011, N'Diaye signed a short-term contract with

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. However, he did not earn a regular first team place, appearing mainly as an unused substitute. In May 2012, N'Diaye was released by Barnet on the expiry of his contract. In October 2012, he signed for

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side

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

. Upon the move, N'Diaye says he wants his career to appear back on track after a frustrating first three years in English football. After making 27 appearances and scoring seven times, he was released in March 2013, ending rumours of his departure becoming more imminent. Following his released, N'Diaye was linked with

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. In March 2013, he signed for Hastings United; scoring the winner in the local derby against

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on his debut. At the end of the season, with the club relegated, N'Diaye scored on his last appearance, in a 1-0 win over Kingstonian before leaving the club. Soon after leaving Hastings United, N'Diaye joined

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

in the

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. He left the club at the end of the season but stayed in Bulgaria, signing for Beroe Stara Zagora. In June 2015, he moved to Kazakhstan to sign for

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, scoring on his debut against Okzhetpes in a 1-0 win. In December 2015, N'Diaye moved to fellow

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. In September 2017, N'Diaye signed for a Ukrainian club

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. In February 2018, N'Diaye signed for a Lithuanian

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champion club Sūduva. He left the club at the end of 2018. He then returned to France to join FC Grandvillars in the summer 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'diaye, Alassane 1990 births Living people People from Audincourt French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Footballers from Doubs Crystal Palace F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players Hastings United F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Tobol players ASM Belfort players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FK Sūduva players POFC Botev Vratsa players Khaitan SC players FC Vesoul players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players A Lyga players Kuwaiti Division One players Championnat National 3 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine French expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan French expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania French expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait 21st-century French sportsmen