Evan Ndicka

Evan Ndicka

Ndicka with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Obite Evan Ndicka [1]
Date of birth	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Roma
Number	5
Youth career
2006–2009	F.C.A. Paris 19ème
2009–2012	Solitaires Paris-Est F.C.
2012–2017	Auxerre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Auxerre	14	(0)
2018–2023	Eintracht Frankfurt	134	(10)
2023–	Roma	47	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	France U16	5	(0)
2016	France U17	1	(0)
2017	France U18	2	(0)
2018	France U19	1	(0)
2017–2019	France U20	10	(0)
2019	France U21	1	(0)
2023–	Ivory Coast	20	(0)
Medal record Representing   Ivory Coast Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2023 Ivory Coast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 26 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Obite Evan Ndicka (born 20 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Ndicka is an academy graduate of Auxerre and made his senior debut for the club in January 2017, aged 17. He spent the next season-and-half at the club, making 14 senior appearances before joining Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2018.

Early life

Ndicka was born in Paris to a Cameroonian father and an Ivorian mother. ^{[4] [5]}

Club career

Auxerre

Having joined Ligue 2 side Auxerre at the age of 13, Ndicka progressed through the club's academy and made his professional debut on 27 January 2017, starting in a 1–0 win over Clermont. ^{[6] [7]} He signed his first professional contract with the club on 5 February. ^[6] He ultimately made 14 appearances for the club over the next season and half before signing for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported fee of €5.5m. ^[8]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 5 July 2018, Ndicka signed for German club Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal. ^[9] He quickly became an important member of the first-team squad and featured regularly for the club in the league and the Europa League.^{[ citation needed ]} In February 2019, his performances earned him the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month award, a monthly title awarded to the highest performing under-23 player in a particular month, and saw him also nominated for the Rookie of the Season award. ^{[10] [11]} From then, he missed only one match for the remainder of the season as the club narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification. ^[12]

Having been a part of the side that won the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, ^{[13] [14]} in June 2023 Ndicka officially left Eintracht after five seasons, following the expiration of his contract. ^{[15] [16]}

Roma

On 21 June 2023, Ndicka signed for Serie A club Roma on a five-year contract. ^[17] On 14 April 2024, during a match against Udinese in the Serie A at the 73rd minute, Ndicka collapsed due to chest pain; he was eventually taken away on a stretcher, although conscious. ^[18] The match was abandoned fifteen minutes later with a 1–1 draw. ^[19] AS Roma's official profile on X (Twitter) stated later that Ndicka was conscious and taken to a hospital for "further checks". ^[20]

International career

Ndicka represented France at U16 and U17 level and was called up to the U18 team for the first time by manager Bernard Diomède in March 2017. ^{[21] [22]} He then went on to play for every French youth squad up to the Under-21 national team. ^[23]

In June 2023, he officially switched his allegiance to Ivory Coast, ^[24] subsequently receiving his first official call-up by the senior national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Zambia; ^{[25] [26]} however, he was eventually forced to withdraw from the squad, due to bureaucratic issues. ^[27] He finally debuted with the Ivory Coast in a 1–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Lesotho on 9 September 2023. ^[28]

On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Ivorian players selected by Jean-Louis Gasset to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. ^[29] On 11 February 2024, he won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast with Coach Emerse Fae.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 January 2025 ^[30]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Auxerre	2016–17	Ligue 2	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	12	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		14	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		16	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2018–19	Bundesliga	27	1	0	0	—		9 [c]	0	—		36	1
	2019–20	Bundesliga	22	1	4	0	—		8 [c]	1	—		34	2
	2020–21	Bundesliga	23	3	2	0	—		—		—		25	3
	2021–22	Bundesliga	32	4	1	0	—		11 [c]	0	—		44	4
	2022–23	Bundesliga	30	1	5	1	—		8 [d]	0	1 [e]	0	44	2
	Total		134	10	12	1	—		36	1	1	0	183	12
Roma	2023–24	Serie A	25	0	0	0	—		9 [c]	0	—		34	0
	2024–25	Serie A	22	0	1	0	—		7 [c]	1	—		30	1
	Total		47	0	1	0	—		16	1	—		64	1
Career total			195	10	14	1	1	0	52	2	1	0	263	13

1. Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 ^[31]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	2023	5	0
	2024	15	0
Total		20	0

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

• UEFA Europa League: 2021–22 ^[14]
• UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2022
• DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2022–23 ^[32]

Ivory Coast

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2023 ^[33]

Individual

• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2021–22 ^[34]

References

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External links

• Profile at the AS Roma website
• Obite Evan N’Dicka at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Obite Evan Ndicka at the French Football Federation (archived2019-04-18) (in French)
• Evan Ndicka – UEFA competition record ( archive )