Born in
N'Djamena, N'Doram begun his career with local
Tourbillon FC, then spent three seasons in
Cameroon with
Tonnerre Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in
Africa. In 1990 the 24-year-old signed for
FC Nantes in
France, scoring two goals in 19 games in
his first season in
Ligue 1; his first professional contract arrived as Argentine
Jorge Burruchaga was recovering from injury and accepted to be given an amateur licence on behalf of his teammate. N'Doram became something of a cult hero at
Stade de la Beaujoire, scoring important goals as the club's 2000th in the top division, through a
penalty against
Lille OSC (1–0 win) or the second in a 3–2 home triumph against
Juventus FC in the
1995–96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (3–4 aggregate loss). In
1994–95, he netted 12 goals as
Les Canaris won their seventh national championship – the first in 12 years – bettering to a career-best 21 in the
1996–97 campaign (second-best in the competition). Aged 31, N'Doram left Nantes and signed for fellow league side
AS Monaco FC, winning the
1997 Trophée des Champions, but retired at the end of
the season following a persistent injury sustained during a match against his former team. ==Personal life==