Bridge Ndilu

Bridge Ndilu (born 21 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nantes.

Bridge Ndilu
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2017 Laval
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Laval II 27 (8)
2017–2019 Laval 29 (7)
2019– Nantes II 14 (6)
2019– Nantes 1 (0)
National team‡
2018 France U18 4 (2)
2018–2019 France U19 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2020

Club career

Ndilu played for Stade Lavallois from 2017 to 2019, turning professional in 2018.[1] There he gained much game time in France's Championnat National[2] raising the attention of clubs such as Juventus[3] with a potential €4 million transfer fee.[4] But he eventually was transferred to FC Nantes on 24 June 2019.[5]

Ndilu made his professional debut for Nantes in a 2–0 Coupe de France win over Aviron Bayonnais on 4 January 2020.[6]

Although Ndilu's emergence in the professional team was tempered by the arrival of forwards such as Renaud Emond, his manager Christian Gourcuff in January 2020 expressed confidence that Ndilu would eventually make his way to the Ligue 1 first team.[7]

International career

Born in France, Ndilu is of Congolese descent.[8] Ndilu represented the France U19s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[9]

References
  1. Coutard, Charlotte (20 February 2018). "Bridge Ndilu devient joueur professionnel au Stade Lavallois" [Bridge Ndilu becomes a professional player at Stade Lavallois]. France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "FC Nantes. L'attaquant lavallois Bridge Ndilu a signé pour cinq ans" [FC Nantes. Laval striker Bridge Ndilu signed for five years]. Ouest-France (in French). 7 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. "Bridge Ndilu (Laval) pisté par la Juventus ?" [Bridge Ndilu (Laval) tracked by Juventus?]. L'Équipe (in French). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. "Bridge Ndilu: talento francese classe 2000" [Bridge Ndilu: French talent born in 2000]. World Football Scouting (in Italian). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. "Transferts : Nantes recrute Bridge Ndilu (Laval)" [Transfers: Nantes recruits Bridge Ndilu (Laval)]. L'Équipe (in French). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. Cazzola, Florian (5 January 2020). "FC Nantes : "Je vais donner mon maillot à ma maman." Entretien avec Bridge Ndilu après son premier match" [FC Nantes: "I will give my shirt to my mom." Interview with Bridge Ndilu after his first match]. France Bleu (in French).
  7. Jean, Timothée (9 January 2020). "FC Nantes Mercato : Gourcuff rassure pour cette pépite!" [FC Nantes Mercato: Gourcuff reassures for this nugget!]. Foot sur 7 (in French).
  8. "TRANSFERT : Un autre congolais signe au FC Nantes au détriment de Juventus". 8 June 2019.
  9. "Euro U19: la liste définitive des Bleus connue" [Euro U19: the definitive list of Blues known]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 July 2019.


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