Guy N'dy Assembé

Guy Rolland N'Dy Assembé (born 28 February 1986) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for US Boulogne.

Guy N'Dy Assembé
N'dy Assembé in 2019
Personal information
Full name Guy Rolland N'Dy Assembé
Date of birth (1986-02-28) 28 February 1986
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 US Boulogne
Number 1
Youth career
1992–2002 ASPTT Nantes
2004–2007 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Nantes 44 (0)
2009–2010 → Valenciennes (loan) 17 (0)
2011–2019 Nancy 139 (0)
2013–2014 → Guingamp (loan) 19 (0)
2020– US Boulogne 0 (0)
National team‡
2010– Cameroon 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:07, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:29, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

N'Dy Assembé arrived in France from Cameroon at the age of two. When he was six he started playing for amateur team ASPTT Nantes as a defender. At age fourteen he asked to change role to goalkeeper, and after a year of this position he was spotted by FC Nantes recruiter Vincent Bracigliano.[1] He made his league debut for Nantes on 25 February 2008 in the Ligue 2 match at Sedan.[1][2]

In August 2009 he joined Ligue 1 side FC Valenciennes on a season-long loan, with an option to buy.[3] Despite being signed as a third, or rotating second-choice,[3] he made 17 league starts for Valenciennes during the season, due to a serious injury to first-choice Nicolas Penneteau.[4] He returned to Nantes after his loan, and was first choice during the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season.

In July 2011 he made a million-euro transfer to AS Nancy in Ligue 1.[5] He made his debut for the club in the fifth match of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 season, on 11 September 2011, in a 0–0 draw against Auxerre.[6][7] He went on to make

At the end of the 2012–13 season, with Nancy relegated to Ligue 2, he returned to Ligue 1 on a season-long loan with Guingamp.[8] He returned to Nancy and went on to play 139 league games for the club, including 36 in the 2015–16 Ligue 2 championship season, before leaving at the end of the 2018–19 season, when his contract expired.[9]

After six months without a club, he joined US Boulogne in January 2020.[10]

International career

N'Dy Assembé was first called up to the Cameroon national football team in December 2009, as part of the 23-man squad for 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[11] He retained his position for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[12] and made his international debut in a warm-up friendly against Georgia on 25 May 2010.[13]

He was also selected as part of the squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]

Honours

Guingamp

Nancy

References
  1. "Guy-Rolland N'Dy Assembe se tient prêt" (in French). maville.com via Ouest France. 20 December 2008.
  2. "Sedan 1–2 Nantes". ESPN. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Football : Il n'y aura plus d'arrivées au VAFC" (in French). L'Observateur. 13 August 2009.
  4. "Penneteau dans l'ombre de N'Dy Assembe ?" (in French). football.fr. 7 January 2010.
  5. "FC Nantes : Guy Roland Ndy Assembe va signer à Nancy" (in French). maville.com via Ouest France. 15 July 2011.
  6. "Nancy vs Auxerre 0–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. "Nancy avance, sans but" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. 12 September 2011.
  8. "Guy-Roland N'Dy Assembé prêté à Guingamp" (in French). Ouest France. 15 July 2013.
  9. "Cameroon Goalkeeper Guy-Roland Ndy Assembe to leave AS Nancy-Lorraine". kick442.com. 11 July 2019.
  10. "Football (National): l'après-Mandanda déjà réglé, Ndy Assembe signe à Boulogne" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 17 January 2020.
  11. Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "World Cup 2010: Cameroon finalise World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 11 May 2010.
  13. "Cameroon 0-0 Georgia: Indomitable Lions fail to impress after World Cup 2010 warm-up draw". goal.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  14. LISTE DES JOUEURS CONVOQUES POUR LE STAGE DE PREPARATION DE LA CAN 2015 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-12-27)
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