Daniel 'Dani' Arnaud Ndi (born 18 August 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Grindavík, on loan from Víkingur Ólafsvík.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Arnaud Ndi | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grindavík (loan) | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2017 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | (2) |
| 2018 | Mallorca | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | Istra 1961 | 11 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Villarrobledo | 24 | (1) |
| 2022 | Talavera | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 10 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Grindavík (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Cameroon U15 | |||
| 2011 | Cameroon U17 | ||
| 2015– | Cameroon | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2015 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Douala, Ndi left his homeland in 2009, aged 14, trialling in Austria and England for 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 in 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 representative 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] However, the club terminated his contract on 1 September 2017.[11]
On 12 February 2018, after more than five months without a team, Ndi signed a two-season contract with RCD Mallorca in the third division.[12] However, in July 2018, after the team promotion to the second division, Mallorca terminated his contract. At beginning of 2019 Ndi joined Croatian outfit NK Istra 1961 on free transfer.[13]
At the end of November 2019, Ndi moved to CP Villarrobledo.[14]
International career
editAfter appearing with the under-15s and under-17s,[15] Ndi was called up to the full side on 12 March 2015.[16] He made his international debut on the 25th, starting and playing 75 minutes in a 1–0 friendly win against Indonesia.[17]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of 9 June 2015[18]
| Cameroon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dani Ndi culmina su odisea" [Dani Ndi concludes his odyssey] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dani Ndi ya está en Gijón" [Dani Ndi is already in Gijón] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "El Celta gana sin querer" [Celta wins without wanting to] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Dani Ndi rescinde su contrato con el Sporting y busca destino" [Dani Ndi rescinds his contract with Sporting and seeks for a club] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Dani Ndi ficha por el RCD Mallorca" [Dani Ndi signs for Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Kamerunski reprezentativac na Drosini Daniel Ndi prva zimska prinovaino" [Dani Ndi signs for NK Istra 1961] (in Croatian). Glas Istre. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ El CP Villarrobledo ficha al camerunés Dani Ndi, latribunadealbacete.es, 30 November 2019
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
External links
edit- Profile at La Liga
- Sporting official profile Archived 2016-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Dani Ndi at BDFutbol
- Dani Ndi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dani Ndi at Soccerway