Evan Ndicka: A Rising Star's Journey from Parisian Suburbs to Roma's Heart

Evan Ndicka, who felt unwell during Udinese-Roma, was Rome's second summer transfer market acquisition. Ndicka, chest pain in Udinese-Roma: match definitively suspended. De Rossi: "The boys can't continue." His story: Evan Ndicka doesn't drink alcohol, listens to French rap, and likes to dress elegantly. In the evening, he reads religious books and, if he has to choose, prefers an action movie. In an interview a few years ago with Bild, he revealed he has no tattoos because "my parents would kill me. The most I could do is dye my hair." Despite being only 23 years old, Evan shows great maturity: "My mother and father are simple workers. From them, I learned that the most important thing in life is humility. Then, one must know how to live in harmony with others, always respecting the next person: these are the values they taught us." The beginnings: Ndicka grew up in a Parisian banlieue, where he and his four older brothers had no other outlet than playing in the neighborhood field. That's how he got close to the world of soccer, until he was noticed at the age of 14 by a scout from Auxerre, a team that launched another former Roma defender, Phlippe Mexes. Technical characteristics: Ndicka is a left-footed defender, skilled at setting up the action from behind. However, his talents are not limited to setting up. In the Bundesliga 2021/22, he was the player who suffered the least dribbling (an average of 0.5 per game in 32 appearances), leading this special ranking ahead of Upamecano from Bayern Munich and Gvardiol from Leipzig. The Ivorian national is 1.92 meters tall, centimeters that are very useful both for winning aerial duels against opposing attackers and for being dangerous on set pieces. In his five seasons in Germany, Ndicka has indeed been involved in 17 goals (10 goals and 7 assists), becoming the defender who has been involved in the most goals in the last five years of the Bundesliga. A characteristic that will certainly be very useful to Mourinho and that his former coach, Oliver Glasner, commented on like this: "He jumps in the air like Michael Jordan." Profile: Name: Obite Evan Ndicka Date of birth: 08/20/1999 Place of birth: Paris Age: 23 Height: 1.92 m Nationality: Ivory Coast, France Position: Central Defender Foot: Left Last team: Eintracht Frankfurt