Mamadou Niang

Mamadou Hamidou Niang (born 13 October 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is the older brother of Papa Niang, who is also a professional footballer.

Not to be confused with Mamadou Niang (basketball) or Mamadou Niang (politician).

Mamadou Niang
Niang with Al-Sadd in 2011
Personal information
Full name Mamadou Hamidou Niang[1]
Date of birth (1979-10-13) 13 October 1979[2]
Place of birth Matam, Senegal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1998–1999 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Troyes B 35 (21)
2001–2003 Troyes 47 (8)
2003 → Metz (loan) 12 (5)
2003–2005 Strasbourg 56 (21)
2005–2010 Marseille 155 (71)
2010–2011 Fenerbahçe 29 (15)
2011–2014 Al Sadd 26 (9)
2013 → Beşiktaş (loan) 10 (3)
2014–2015 Arles-Avignon 17 (2)
Total 387 (155)
International career
2002–2012 Senegal 59 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Troyes

After beginning his career with the Le Havre youth team, Niang turned professional at 18 years of age with Troyes. He had a mixed beginning to his career with his first season featuring ten Ligue 1 starts, all from the bench, the following season would show little improvement with 17 starts and only 3 league goals.

Loan to Metz

A loan period with Ligue 2 club FC Metz allowed him to hone his skills, contributing 5 goals in 12 appearances and helping Metz return to top flight French football for the 2003–04 season.

Strasbourg

Jean Fernandez, the Metz manager, tried to make the loan deal into a permanent move but failed and Niang left Troyes for Strasbourg. The arrival of Danijel Ljuboja, to Strasbourg at the same time allowed Niang to form an important strike partnership until Ljuboja moved to Paris Saint-Germain. Niang didn't score again for the remainder of the second half of that season.

The 2004–05 season saw Mickaël Pagis arrive at Strasbourg, and a fruitful new partnership was formed, with the pair linking up for 27 goals in the league. This partnership helped Strasbourg make it to the Coupe de la Ligue final, where victory over Caen gave Strasbourg their second Coupe de la Ligue trophy. Niang scored Strasbourg's first goal as they won 2–1.[3]

Marseille
Niang warming up with Marseille in 2009

In 2005, Niang moved to Marseille for a reported fee of €7 million. He was joined six months later by Mickaël Pagis. Niang finished the season as Marseille's top scorer with ten goals but Marseille lost the Coupe de France final to Paris Saint-Germain.

Niang was selected Marseille player of the month by the fans for May 2008.[4]

Niang would go on to finish the 2009–10 season with 18 goals in Ligue 1, making him the highest scorer in the league and Marseille's highest scorer with 28 goals in all competitions.

Fenerbahçe

Niang signed a 3+1 year deal with Fenerbahçe on 14 August 2010 for a fee of reported €8 million.[5] He made a great start with Fenerbahçe SK when he scored 7 goals in his first 6 league appearances. Niang scored his first hat-trick for Fenerbahçe on his 5th appearance when they won 6–2 against Kasımpaşa. He helped his side win the 2010–11 Süper Lig, scoring 16 goals in 29 appearances.[6]

Al Sadd

On 6 September 2011, Niang was sold to Al-Sadd for €7.5 million.[7]

On 19 October 2011, at the 2011 AFC Champions League semi-final match against Suwon Samsung Bluewings, he scored the controversial, un-sportsmanlike second goal for his team. Al Sadd should've sent the ball back to the Bluewings since the play was suspended when the home team's player was injured. However, while Suwon's defense stood still thinking their goalkeeper will get the ball back, Niang stole the ball and went past the goalkeeper to score. The goal induced an intrusion of a home fan and a huge melee of both players and bench. The controversy got bigger when Al Sadd's player Keita took a swing at a home fan. Even though his goal was against general notion of fair-play, Niang argued that there was no problem with his goal, and that it was Suwon who played without manners, inducing melee between two teams. After all, AFC did not conclude this issue justly, by giving disciplinary actions to Suwon only, Al Sadd getting absolutely nothing, not even Niang or Keita.[8] He then got himself sent-off in injury time for kicking the ball away when he was flagged offside, receiving another yellow card in addition to his previous, meaning he could not participate in the second leg in Doha.[9]

Beşiktaş (loan)

On 31 January 2013, Niang moved to Turkish side Beşiktaş on loan until the end of the season.[10]

On 3 March 2013, he scored his first goal and contributed with an assist in a 3–2 win against his old club Fenerbahçe securing 3 points for his team in the final derby ever on İnönü Stadium.

Arles-Avignon

On 28 August 2014, Niang returned to France to sign for AC Arles-Avignon, having been overseas for the last four years.[11][12]

International career

Niang represented the national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team took fourth place for the third time in history.[13]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][14][15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Troyes 2000–01 Division 1 10241—143
2001–02 1732020213
2002–03 Ligue 1 20310—213
Total 4787120569
Metz (loan) 2002–03 Ligue 2 12531—156
Strasbourg 2003–04 Ligue 1 23921—2510
2004–05 331253—3815
Total 562174006325
Marseille 2005–06 Ligue 1 281042814013
2006–07 371283424917
2007–08 2918211044123
2008–09 2713101374120
2009–10 321851934622
2010–11 20——20
Total 15571207441721995
Fenerbahçe 2010–11 Süper Lig 291520203315
Al Sadd 2011–12 Qatar Stars League 134—72227
2012–13 94——94
2013–14 41——41
Total 26900723311
Beşiktaş (loan) 2012–13 Süper Lig 103——103
Arles-Avignon 2014–15 Ligue 2 16221—183
2015–16 CFA 10——10
Total 1722100193
Career total 35213441145519448167

International
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niang goal.[16]
List of international goals scored by Mamadou Niang
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
127 March 2002Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Bolivia2–12–1Friendly
219 November 2002First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa1–11–1Nelson Mandela Challenge
330 January 2004Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte, Tunisia Kenya1–03–02004 Africa Cup of Nations
43–0
517 November 2004Stade Bon Rencontre, Toulon, France Algeria1–02–1Friendly
618 June 2005Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Togo1–12–22006 World Cup qualifiers
74 February 2006Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Guinea2–13–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
87 February 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt1–11–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
916 August 2006Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours, France Ivory Coast1–01–0Friendly
1024 March 2007Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Tanzania1–04–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
113–0
124–0
1314 October 2007Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen, France Guinea2–03–1Friendly
145 September 2009Estádio Algarve, Portugal, Portugal Angola1–01–1Friendly
153 March 2010Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece Greece1–02–0Friendly
165 September 2010Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba, Lubumbashi, DR Congo DR Congo2–04–22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
173–0
184–1
199 October 2010Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Mauritius2–07–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
205–0

Honours

Troyes

Strasbourg

Marseille

Fenerbahçe

Al Sadd

Senegal

Individual

References
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