.jpg) Niang playing for Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | M'Baye Hamady Niang[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Meulan-en-Yvelines, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Wydad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Basse-Seine Les Mureaux | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Poissy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Caen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Caen B | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Caen | 30 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | AC Milan | 67 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Montpellier (loan) | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Genoa (loan) | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Watford (loan) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Torino (loan) | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Torino | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Rennes (loan) | 29 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Rennes | 35 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Bordeaux | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Auxerre | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Adana Demirspor | 16 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Empoli | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Wydad | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U16 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U17 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Senegal | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:50, 10 June 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
M'Baye Hamady Niang (born 19 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botola club Wydad. Born in France, he represents Senegal at international level.
He made his professional debut at the age of 16, in a league match for Caen. His playing style has also drawn comparisons to Mario Balotelli.[3][4]
Internationally, he represented France at under-16, under-17 and under-21 levels,[5] before opting to represent his ancestral Senegal internationally in October 2017.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Adana Demirspor Kulübü".
- ^ "Caen pin hopes on 16-year-old 6ft striker compared to Sammy Davis Junior". FourFourTwo (in French). 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Caen v. Toulouse Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "M'Baye Niang, l'ado-footballeur crée le buzz". Ouest-France (in French). 20 October 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011.