Who Is Iliman Ndiaye?
In recent years, Everton supporters have cherished players who could seize a match and bend it to their will.
Players such as Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill, and Romelu Lukaku brought excitement to Goodison Park with goals and a sense of theatre.
Iliman Ndiaye enters this lineage with a distinctive style drawn from a pathway that ran from Sunday league, Rising Ballers, and non‑league showcases to the Premier League.
He brings close control, sudden accelerations, and a readiness to commit opponents that leaves fans on the edge of their seats.
Ndiaye is an attacker who plays on the left as a starting reference, seeks out central areas to combine, and is at one of his most dangerous when there are transitional moments.
This Iliman Ndiaye scout report examines his strengths through the technical and tactical details that define him as a player.
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Iliman Ndiaye Positional Profile & Everton Role
Everton have primarily used Iliman Ndiaye as a left winger, but he has been playing on the right wing lately due to Jack Grealishs loan.
The presence of a conservative left-back in Vitaliy Mykolenko suggests he is part of the rest defence and is not as adventurous as the modern left-back prototype.
This means Ndiaye, in an attacking sense, is responsible for the left of the middle and the final third.
But as a by-product of this dynamic, Ndiaye takes more risks and higher‑touch actions.
This pizza chart shows a ball-dominant wide forward whose large dribbles-per-90 segment show a strong preference to receive to feet and drive past defenders.
His carrying translates into shots and penalty-box touches.
Iliman Ndiaye Stats 2025/2026

Iliman Ndiaye is given licence to either drive down the outside or cut inside into the left half‑space.
The effect is a repeated left‑to‑centre pattern where his first action is to threaten the overlap to widen the full‑back and his second action is to attack across the defender’s hips into zones where he can shoot or slide runners in.

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