Guy Rolland N'Dy Assembé (born 28 February 1986) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Luxembourgish club Hostert.
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N'dy Assembé in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Guy Rolland N'Dy Assembé | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-02-28) 28 February 1986 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hostert | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–2002 | ASPTT Nantes | ||
| 2004–2007 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Nantes | 44 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Valenciennes (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2011–2019 | Nancy | 139 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Guingamp (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | US Boulogne | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Hostert | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2016 | Cameroon | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:29, 31 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
N'Dy Assembé arrived in France from Cameroon at the age of two. When he was six he started playing for amateur team ASPTT Nantes as a defender. At age fourteen he asked to change role to goalkeeper, and after a year of this position he was spotted by FC Nantes recruiter Vincent Bracigliano.[1] He made his league debut for Nantes on 25 February 2008 in the Ligue 2 match at Sedan.[1][2]
In August 2009 he joined Ligue 1 side FC Valenciennes on a season-long loan, with an option to buy.[3] Despite being signed as a third, or rotating second-choice,[3] he made 17 league starts for Valenciennes during the season, due to a serious injury to first-choice Nicolas Penneteau.[4] He returned to Nantes after his loan, and was first choice during the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season.
In July 2011 he made a million-euro transfer to AS Nancy in Ligue 1.[5] He made his debut for the club in the fifth match of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 season, on 11 September 2011, in a 0–0 draw against Auxerre.[6][7] He went on to make
At the end of the 2012–13 season, with Nancy relegated to Ligue 2, he returned to Ligue 1 on a season-long loan with Guingamp.[8] He returned to Nancy and went on to play 139 league games for the club, including 36 in the 2015–16 Ligue 2 championship season, before leaving at the end of the 2018–19 season, when his contract expired.[9]
After six months without a club, he joined US Boulogne in January 2020.[10]
N'Dy Assembé was first called up to the Cameroon national football team in December 2009, as part of the 23-man squad for 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[11] He retained his position for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[12] and made his international debut in a warm-up friendly against Georgia on 25 May 2010.[13]
He was also selected as part of the squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]
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