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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joseph Cyrille Ndo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1976-04-28)28 April 1976 (age 49)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Canon Yaoundé | 51 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Cotonsport Garoua | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Strasbourg | 25 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Al-Khaleej | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Chengdu Wuniu | 25 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | St Patrick's Athletic | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Shelbourne | 47 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | St Patrick's Athletic | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | →Shamrock Rovers (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Bohemians | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Sligo Rovers | 109 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | →Limerick (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Arrow Harps | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Achill Rovers | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | →Mayo League | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Cameroon | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | League of Ireland XI | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sligo Rovers (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Achill Rovers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Mayo League | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | I.T. Sligo | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Joseph Cyrille Ndo (born 28 April 1976) is a Cameroonian former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder orforward. He made 21 appearances for theCameroon national team, scoring twice.
An attacking central midfielder, Ndo began his career in 1995 withCanon Yaoundé before moving toCoton Sport FC de Garoua in 1997. He won the 1998Elite One league title with Coton Sport before leaving Africa for European football.
N'Do's first European club was Swiss sideNeuchâtel Xamax. He spent the1998–99 season with Xamax, with the club finishing sixth.
He then joinedRacing Club Strasbourg and spent the1999–2000 and2000–01 seasons with the club. The club won the2000–01 Coupe de France but were also relegated toLigue 2 that same season. N'Do then moved to Saudi Arabia.
After a season with Saudi Arabian clubAl-Khaleej, N'Do moved to Chinese clubChengdu Blades, finishing sixth in his only season.
N'Do's first Irish club wasSt Patrick's Athletic whom he joined in 2003. After the2003 League of Ireland, he then signed for Dublin rivalsShelbourne in 2004 and made his debut in August againstCork City. N'Do scored the only goal for the Reds in their home leg againstOdense Boldklub in the second round of the2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup on 9 July 2006, only for the team go out of the competition 3–1 on aggregate.[2]
N'Do picked up a league winner's medal in the2006 season after helping Shelbourne to their third league title in four years. In November 2006, he was votedPFAI Player of the Year by his fellow professionals for his contribution to Shels' league-winning campaign.[3] and as a result was included in theteam of the year.
After completing his contracted period with Shelbourne, N'Do rejoined St Patrick's Athletic, when he signed forJohn McDonnell's team in December 2006.
He signed forShamrock Rovers on loan in July 2008,[4] scoring one goal for the Hoops in aman of the match performance on 29 August.[5]
N'Do signed forBohemians just before the beginning of the 2009 season and marked his debut for the club with a goal in a 1–0 victory overDundalk atOriel Park.[6] He was named Player of the Month for March 2009 for his performances. On 15 July 2009, he scored a crucial goal in the2010 UEFA Champions League qualifier againstRed Bull Salzburg in Austria to secure a 1–1 draw for Bohemians.[7] However N'Do and Bohs would depart that competition over the two legs, losing 2–1 on aggregate.[8] He then added to his collection of medals on 26 September as Bohs beatWaterford United in the final of the2009 League of Ireland Cup#Final. He was not done yet, as a great run of form towards the end of the season helped Bohs to their secondLeague of Ireland Premier Divisiontitle in a row, winning by four points over closest rivalsShamrock Rovers with N'Do scoring vital goals againstDrogheda United andSligo Rovers in the closing games of the season. His performances over the season were rewarded when he was once more voted on to thePFAI Team of the Year for 2009 along with teammatesBrian Murphy,Conor Powell,Ken Oman,Brian Shelley andGary Deegan.[9] On 6 November 2009, N'Do played his last match for Bohemians against Bray Wanderers to clinch the title for the Gypsies after they won the league. Like his former managerPat Fenlon, he is one of a rare group of players to have played for each of Dublin's "Big 4" – St. Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers, and Bohemians.
On 23 March 2010, N'Do signed forSligo Rovers until the end of the season, having been a free agent after leaving Bohemians at the end of the previous season.[10] He was voted man of the match at the2010 FAI Cup Final, won by Sligo Rovers at theAviva Stadium in Dublin on 14 November 2010.[11] Under the guidance of new manager Paul Cooke, he continued to haunt former club St Pat's, with several man of the match performances during the 2011 season. He remained with Sligo for the 2012 season, and won the League of Ireland for his fourth time. In 2013, he won another FAI Cup medal with Sligo Rovers, helping them beatDrogheda United 3–2 with a controversial assist to Sligo playmakerDanny North.
On 30 July 2014, N'Do signed forLimerick on loan as a player-coach until the end of the season[12] and on 31 January 2015, he signed for Irish amateur club Arrow Harps as a player-coach. He played three games before he rejoined Sligo Rovers.[13]
On 27 March 2016, N'Do made his first appearance for his latest clubAchill Rovers.
Ndo played for theCameroon national team after being discovered byClaude LeRoy just prior to the1998 FIFA World Cup, and took part in three matches during that tournament. In the qualifying campaign for the2002 FIFA World Cup, he played three times but remained an unused substitute in thefinals.[14] He did not play for Cameroon after 2002, and publicly expressed his unwillingness to come back. Ndo earned 21 caps while representing his country at senior level.
In February 2015, Ndo joinedAchill Rovers in a coaching capacity to work with their Under-12 and -13 boys teams, Under-12 and -14 girls teams and their junior side.[15] and on 9 April 2015, fan favourite Ndo was re-signed as a coach withSligo Rovers following the sacking of managerOwen Heary, where he was appointed caretaker manager of the club alongside Gavin Dykes.
In September 2015, he became head coach of theMayo League representative team.[16]
In September 2021, Ndo was appointed coach ofIT Sligo's football team.[17]
He has worked as a football commentator.[18][19]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sligo Rovers | 2010 | League of Ireland | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| 2011 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 41 | 4 | ||
| Total | 58 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 8 | ||
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Strasbourg
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