Evan Ndicka
Squad number 21 · Roma
Their 2026 World Cup
Evan Ndicka travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Ivory Coast, wearing number 21, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (2 wins and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by Norway 2-1.
Defence went to O. Kossounou (4 matches, 280′) and G. Doué (4 matches, 277′).
Another 4 players in the Ivory Coast squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Ivory Coast team page.
Biography
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.
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. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 5 February. 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.
Eintracht Frankfurt On 5 July 2018, Ndicka signed for German club Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
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