Cherif Ndiaye
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Ndiaye with Samsunspor in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pape Cherif Ndiaye | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Samsunspor | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Yoff FC | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Waasland-Beveren | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Gorica | 52 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Göztepe (loan) | 39 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Göztepe | 30 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Shanghai Port | 24 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Adana Demirspor | 14 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Red Star Belgrade | 60 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Samsunspor | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Senegal | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Pape Cherif Ndiaye (born 23 January 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Samsunspor and the Senegal national team.[3]
Club career
Ndiaye joined Waasland-Beveren from the Senegalese club Grand Yoff FC.[4] He made his debut for Waasland-Beveren in a 1–0 loss on 21 January 2017 to K.V. Oostende.[5]
Turkey career
Ndiaye played at Göztepe (2020–21, 2021–22 seasons) and Adana Demirspor (2022–23 half term, 2023) teams in Turkey. After going to China, SH Port, on 28 January 2023, Ndiaye returned to Turkey on loan to Adana Demirspor with an option to buy.[6] He made a good performance by scoring 4 goals in 6 matches played by Adana Demirspor in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round matches on 2023–24 season. The option to buy was exercised on 1 July 2023.
Red Star Belgrade
After Adana Demirspor failed to qualify for the UEFA Conference League, Ndiaye's excellent start to the season did not go unnoticed. In the last minutes of 4 September, Ndiaye inks a three-year contract, with an option for another year, with the UEFA Champions League participant Red Star Belgrade, in a transfer worth €4 million,[7] along with Korean Hwang In-beom. In his new team, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Manchester City match.[8] His first score in that League is against Young Boys on 4 October 2023.[9] 23 September 2024, he scored a hat-trick in the Eternal derby against Partizan Belgrade and becoming the first player to do so in 56 years since Stevan Ostojić on 17 November 1968.[10]
International career
Ndiaye made his debut for the Senegal national team on 6 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against DR Congo at the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium. He substituted Nicolas Jackson in the 90th minute as the game ended in a 1–1 draw.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 24 December 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Waasland-Beveren | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Gorica | 2018–19 | Croatian First Football League | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 36 | 11 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 55 | 19 | ||||
| Göztepe (loan) | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 40 | 12 | ||
| Göztepe | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 12 | ||
| Shanghai Port | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 9 | ||
| Adana Demirspor (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 8 | ||
| Adana Demirspor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 4 | — | 8 | 5 | |
| Red Star | 2023–24 | Serbian Superliga | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 39 | 15 | |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10[c] | 2 | — | 42 | 22 | |||
| 2025–26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 2 | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 60 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 40 | ||
| Samsunspor | 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 237 | 88 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 285 | 110 | ||
- ^ Includes Croatian Football Cup, Turkish Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Serbian Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 30 December 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | |
- Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ndiaye goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 October 2025 | Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan | 8 | South Sudan | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 18 November 2025 | Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey | 10 | Kenya | 8–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 23 December 2025 | Tangier Grand Stadium, Tangier, Morocco | 11 | Botswana | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 30 December 2025 | Tangier Grand Stadium, Tangier, Morocco | 12 | Benin | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours
Red Star Belgrade
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2024–25 (Round 9[13]), (Round 24[14])
- Serbian SuperLiga top scorer: 2024–25
References
- ^ "Waasland-Beveren haalt jong talent Cherif Ndiaye binnen – Waasland-Beveren". Waasland-beveren.be. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Cherif Ndiaye". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Званична страница ФК Црвена звезда | Најновије вести, утакмице и новости".
- ^ "Waasland-Beveren recrute le jeune attaquant Cherif Ndiaye". Rtbf.be. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "BELGIQUE, Ligue Jupiler Waasland-Beveren-KV Oostende: 0 à 1 – Football – MAXIFOOT". Maxifoot.fr. 20 August 1996. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Takımımız, Çin Süper Lig ekiplerinden Shanghai Port takımının formasını giyen forvet oyuncusu Pape Cherif Ndiaye" (in Turkish). Adana Demirspor. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Red Star Belgrade breaks transfer record with 4 million euro signing of Senegalese striker Cherif-Ndiaye". nogomania.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Man City:3-Crvena zvezda:1". UEFA. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Crvena zvezda 2 - 2 Young Boys". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Шерифов хет-трик за историју вечитих дербија". FK Crvena zvezda. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Senegal v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 6 June 2024.
- ^ Cherif Ndiaye at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Najbolji igrač 9. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Šerif Endijaje". www.superliga.rs. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Najbolji igrač 24. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Šerif Endiaje". www.superliga.rs. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.