Ulysse Ndong (born 24 November 1992) is a French-born Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Gabon national team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ulysse Daryl Obame-Ndong | ||
Date of birth | (1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
RC Paris | |||
2008–2010 | Amiens SC | ||
2010 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
2010–2012 | AFC Wimbledon | ||
2012–2013 | Alki Larnaca | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Othellos Athienou | 54 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Ermis Aradippou | 23 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Lokomotiv GO | 20 | (0) |
2017 | Slavia Sofia | 11 | (0) |
2018 | Vereya | 9 | (0) |
2018 | Al-Khor | 3 | (0) |
2020 | Akritas Chlorakas | 7 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Al-Nojoom | (4) | |
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Gabon | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2021 |
Ulysse Obame-Ndong started his career playing as goalkeeper and he joined with his first professional football club at the age of 16 when he joined Amiens SC from a very mythical club of Racing Club de France Colombes 92. Two years later, he went on trials to London for Queens Park Rangers F.C. where he stayed two months before joining AFC Wimbledon[1] where he played with young talents such as Huw Johnson, Jim Fenlon. On October 2012, Ulysse joined Alki Larnaca F.C. as a free agent. On June 2013, he moved to Othellos Athienou.[2] During 2014-15 with Othellos he had a very good performance and he is considered an upcoming talent.
On 16 October 2016, Ndong joined Bulgarian First League side Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa[3] but he left the club in July 2017.[4]
On 1 September 2017, Ndong signed with Slavia Sofia.[5]
On 1 July 2018, Ndong signed with Qatari club Al-Khor for two years.[6]
On 10 January 2020, he returned to Cyprus and joined Akritas Chlorakas.[7]
On 23 October 2020, Ndong signed with Saudi club Al-Nojoom for one years.[8]
Ndong is born in France to parents of Gabonese descent. He was called up to the Gabon national football team for a set of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches and made his debut in a 1-0 loss against Sierra Leone.[9][10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Othellos Athienou | 2013–14 | Cypriot Second Division | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
2014–15 | Cypriot First Division | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
Ermis Aradippou | 2015–16 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
Lokomotiv GO | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Slavia Sofia | 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Career total | 108 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 0 |
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