Guy N'dy Assembé

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

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 (age 37)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
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)
2020–2021	US Boulogne	7	(0)
2021–2022	Hostert	16	(0)
International career
2010–2016	Cameroon	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023

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]

Personal life

Ndy Assembé holds both Cameroonian and French nationality.^[15]

Honours

Guingamp

• Coupe de France: 2013–14

Nancy

• Ligue 2: 2015–16

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. (PDF). Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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. . Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
15. "Guy Roland NDY ASSEMBE". unfp.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

External links

• at francefootball.fr (in French)
• Guy N'dy Assembé at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• – French league stats at LFP – also available (archived)
• Guy N'dy Assembé at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guy N'dy Assembé at Soccerway