Papa Alioune Ndiaye, a.k.a Badou Ndiaye is a Senegalese international footballer currently playing in the English championship club side, Stoke City as a midfielder, wearing the shirt No. 27. Also, the young talent has been representing his national side, Senegal national team since 2014 and has been capped 13th times.
Ndiaye is also in the list of 23-man Senegal National Team squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Badou Ndiaye is a native of Dakar, Senegal, born on 27th October 1990 as the son of an army officer and science teacher. His star sign is Scorpio. Ndiaye belongs to Senegalese nationality and ethnicity wise, he is African.
At his late teen, Ndiaye started studying a law degree while playing football at Diambars. Later a year into his studies, he decided to pursue his career in football and went on trials at European clubs.
The significant source of Ndiaye’s income is salary from the national team, club contract, sponsorships, and endorsement with various brands including Nike.
Presently, he gets paid $79,447 as his weekly salary that is $4.1 million annually from Stoke City. His market value is recorded at $17.98. He made his move to Galatasaray in 2017 receiving the annual salary of €2.75 million.
Ndiaye’s exact figure of net worth at current is under-review.
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Ndiaye stayed almost five years playing for Diambars. In between, he went to a trial with Bodo/Glimt and initially enjoyed a one-year loan spell, making his debut against Baerum in a 3-3 draw, in 2012.
In 2013, Ndiaye signed for Bodo/Glimt on a permanent basis. He played two seasons for the club, appearing in 73 matches and scored 25 goals.
On 5th August 2015, Ndiaye joined Osmanlispor, signing a deal for a reported transfer fee of $350,505. He remained two seasons with the club, representing in 59 games where he scored 17 goals.
On 4th August 2017, Ndiaye moved to league rivals Galatasaray, signing a four-year contract dear for a fee of $8.76 million. In his one season career with the club, he played overall 17 games and scored one goal.
On 31st January 2018, Ndiaye moved to the English club, Stoke City, agreeing on a five-year deal for a reported transfer fee of $16.36. On 22nd April 2018, he scored his first goal in a 1-1 draw against Burnley.
In 2014, Ndiaye received a first call-up to the Senegal national team. On 11th January 2017, he scored a first international goal against Congo in a 2-0 victory at Stade Municipal de Kintele, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
In May 2018, Ndiaye was named in Senegal’s 23 man squad along with his teammates Khadim Ndiaye, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Cheikhou Kouyate, for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Currently 27, Badou Ndiaye is possibly single and unmarried, as he has not shared any information about his love life to the outer world. He might be a married man as he has posted some pictures of a child who could be his daughter. However, no any confirmation is made yet.
He actively surfs social site such as Twitter and Instagram, where he amassed 815 and 154k fan followers respectively.
Ndiaye stands at the height of 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) and his body weight is 74 kg.
