Dani Ndi

Dani Ndi
Personal information
Full name Daniel Arnaud Ndi
Date of birth (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 20
Youth career
Daga Young Stars
2011 Colmenar Viejo
2011–2014 Sporting Gijón
2011–2013 → Llano 2000 (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Sporting B 17 (1)
2014– Sporting Gijón 36 (2)
National team‡
Cameroon U15
2011 Cameroon U17
2015– Cameroon 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2015

Daniel 'Dani' Arnaud Ndi (born 18 August 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Spanish club Sporting de Gijón as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Douala, Ndi left his homeland in 2009, aged 14, trialling in Austria and England during six months. He also had a trial period at Manchester United F.C., but nothing came of it.[1]

Ndi subsequently joined local Daga Young Stars FC, but after a trip to Spain with Cameroon under-17s, signed for AD Colmenar Viejo.[1] He subsequently left the club and moved to Sporting de Gijón, initially playing for lowly SD Llano 2000 due to being a non-EU player.[2][3]

Ndi subsequently returned to Sporting in the 2013 summer, and made his debuts as a senior in the 2013–14 campaign, while still a youth, with the B-team in Segunda División B. In July 2014 he was called up to the main squad for the pre-season.[1]

Ndi played his first match as a professional on 26 October 2014, replacing Miguel Ángel Guerrero in the 75th minute of a 2–0 home win against CA Osasuna for the Segunda División championship.[4] He scored his first goal on 4 January of the following year, netting the last in a 1–1 away draw against CD Tenerife.[5]

In April 2015, despite having one year left in his youth contract, Ndi returned to Cameroon after being advised by his agent Olivier Noah to do so, thus choosing not to return to Gijón.[6] Noah later told Vicente González-Villamil, Ndi's representant in Spain, that he would not return to Sporting due to his low annual earnings.[7] On 13 April, however, he returned to the club,[8] but did not appear neither for the main squad nor the reserves during the remainder of the campaign.

On 11 November 2015, after expressing his apologies to the club and replacing his agent, Ndi extended his contract with Sporting until 2018.[9] He made his La Liga debut seventeen days later, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Celta de Vigo.[10]

International career

After appearing with the under-15s and under-17s,[11] Ndi was called up to the full side on 12 March 2015.[12] He made his international debut on the 25th, starting and playing 75 minutes in a 1–0 friendly win against Indonesia.[13]

Career statistics

International

As of 9 June 2015[14]
Cameroon
YearAppsGoals
201540
Total40

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dani Ndi culmina su odisea" [Dani Ndi concludes his odyssey] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ndi, el jugador 'fugitivo', brilla en el Sporting B" [Ndi, the 'runaway' player, shines in Sporting B] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dani Ndi Arnaud y Juan Steven pueden jugar, pero no en sus clubes" [Dani Ndi Arnaud and Juan Steven can play, but not for their clubs] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Sporting confirma su buena trayectoria y se sitúa tercero" [Sporting confirms their good run and places third] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Tenerife empata ante un Sporting que sigue sin perder" [Tenerife draws with a Sporting who remains without losing] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "El laberinto de Olivier Noah y Dani Ndi" [The maze of Oliver Noah and Dani Ndi] (in Spanish). Gol Average. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Este 'guaje' ya no vuelve a Gijón" [This 'kid' now does not return to Gijón] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dani Ndi ya está en Gijón" [Dani Ndi is already in Gijón] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ndi: "Pido una oportunidad y perdón. Me aconsejaron mal"" [Ndi: "I ask for an opportunity and forgiveness. They advised me wrong"] (in Spanish). Sporting's official website. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "El Celta gana sin querer" [Celta wins without wanting to] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "U–17: Liste des footballeurs convoqués pour le stage préparatoire à la Coupe de l'Uniffac" [U–17: List of footballers called up for the preparatory stage for UNIFFAC Cup] (in French). Journal du Cameroun. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "El sportinguista Dani Ndi, convocado por la selección de Camerún" [Sportinguista Dani ndi, called up for the Cameroon national team] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dani Ndi debuta con victoria en el amistoso con Camerún" [Dani Ndi debuts with victory in a friendly with Cameroon] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Dani Ndi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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