Cherif Ndiaye

Cherif Ndiaye
Ndiaye with Senegal in 2026
Personal information
Full name Pape Cherif Ndiaye[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
(on loan from Samsunspor)
Number 27
Youth career
Grand Yoff FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Waasland-Beveren 9 (0)
2019–2021 Gorica 52 (15)
2020–2021 → Göztepe (loan) 39 (10)
2021–2022 Göztepe 30 (10)
2022 Shanghai Port 24 (9)
2023 Adana Demirspor 14 (9)
2023–2025 Red Star Belgrade 60 (31)
2025– Samsunspor 23 (7)
2026– → PAOK (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2024– Senegal 19 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2025 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:43, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Pape Cherif Ndiaye (born 23 January 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club PAOK, on loan from Turkish Süper Lig side Samsunspor, and the Senegal national team.[4]

Club career

Ndiaye joined Waasland-Beveren from the Senegalese club Grand Yoff FC.[5] He made his debut for Waasland-Beveren in a 1–0 loss on 21 January 2017 to K.V. Oostende.[6]

Turkey career

Ndiaye played at Göztepe (2020–21, 2021–22 seasons) and Adana Demirspor (2022–23 half term, 2023) teams in Turkey. After going to China, SH Port, on 28 January 2023, Ndiaye returned to Turkey on loan to Adana Demirspor with an option to buy.[7] He made a good performance by scoring 4 goals in 6 matches played by Adana Demirspor in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round matches on 2023–24 season. The option to buy was exercised on 1 July 2023.

Red Star Belgrade

Ndiaye lining up for Red Star Belgrade in 2024

After Adana Demirspor failed to qualify for the UEFA Conference League, Ndiaye's excellent start to the season did not go unnoticed. In the last minutes of 4 September, Ndiaye inks a three-year contract, with an option for another year, with the UEFA Champions League participant Red Star Belgrade, in a transfer worth €4 million,[8] along with Korean Hwang In-beom. In his new team, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Manchester City match.[9] His first score in that League is against Young Boys on 4 October 2023.[10] 23 September 2024, he scored a hat-trick in the Eternal derby against Partizan Belgrade and becoming the first player to do so in 56 years since Stevan Ostojić on 17 November 1968.[11]

Ndiaye with Samsunspor in 2025

International career

Ndiaye made his debut for the Senegal national team on 6 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against DR Congo at the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium. He substituted Nicolas Jackson in the 90th minute as the game ended in a 1–1 draw.[12]

On May 21, 2026, Ndiaye was officially selected by Senegal's coach Pape Thiaw from his list of 28 players to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2026[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Waasland-Beveren 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 3000—1040
2017–18 4000—4181
2018–19 1000—0010
Total 8000—51131
Gorica 2018–19 HNL 17800——178
2019–20 33734——3611
2020–21 2000——20
Total 521534——5519
Göztepe (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 391012——4012
Göztepe 2021–22 Süper Lig 301032——3312
Shanghai Port 2022 Chinese Super League 24910——259
Adana Demirspor (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 12800——128
Adana Demirspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 21006[b]4—85
Red Star Belgrade 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 2811536[c]1—3915
2024–25 29193110[c]2—4222
2025–26 31005[c]2—83
Total 603184215—8940
Samsunspor 2025–26 Süper Lig 237214[d]2—2910
Career total 250911813311151304116
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian Football Cup, Turkish Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Serbian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 9 June 2026[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 202440
202584
202670
Total194
Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ndiaye goal.
List of international goals scored by Cherif Ndiaye
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
110 October 2025Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan8 South Sudan5–05–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
218 November 2025Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey10 Kenya8–08–0Friendly
323 December 2025Tangier Grand Stadium, Tangier, Morocco11 Botswana3–03–02025 Africa Cup of Nations
430 December 2025Tangier Grand Stadium, Tangier, Morocco12 Benin3–03–02025 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup 2026: Senegal (SEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 6 June 2026. p. 39. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Waasland-Beveren haalt jong talent Cherif Ndiaye binnen – Waasland-Beveren". Waasland-beveren.be. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cherif Ndiaye". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Званична страница ФК Црвена звезда | Најновије вести, утакмице и новости".
  5. ↑ "Waasland-Beveren recrute le jeune attaquant Cherif Ndiaye". Rtbf.be. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "BELGIQUE, Ligue Jupiler Waasland-Beveren-KV Oostende: 0 à 1 – Football – MAXIFOOT". Maxifoot.fr. 20 August 1996. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Takımımız, Çin Süper Lig ekiplerinden Shanghai Port takımının formasını giyen forvet oyuncusu Pape Cherif Ndiaye" (in Turkish). Adana Demirspor. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Red Star Belgrade breaks transfer record with 4 million euro signing of Senegalese striker Cherif-Ndiaye". nogomania.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Man City:3-Crvena zvezda:1". UEFA. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Crvena zvezda 2 - 2 Young Boys". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Шерифов хет-трик за историју вечитих дербија". FK Crvena zvezda. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Senegal v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 6 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "La liste du Sénégal pour la Coupe du Monde 2026 est connue". FIFA (in French). 20 May 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Cherif Ndiaye at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Cherif Ndiaye at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ "Najbolji igrač 9. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Šerif Endijaje". www.superliga.rs. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "Najbolji igrač 24. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Šerif Endiaje". www.superliga.rs. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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