Mamadou Niang
Personal information
Full name	Mamadou Niang
Date of birth	13 October 1979 (1979-10-13) (age 30)
Place of birth	Matam, Senegal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Marseille
Number	11
Youth career
1998–1999	Le Havre AC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2001 2001–2003 2003 2003–2005 2005–	Troyes Troyes → FC Metz (loan) RC Strasbourg Marseille	035 0(19) 047 00(8) 012 00(5) 056 0(21) 129 0(59)
National team2
2004–	Senegal	027 (13)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Mamadou Niang (born 13 October 1979 in Matam, Senegal) is a Senegalese football forward. Niang plays for Ligue 1 team Olympique de Marseille and has represented Senegal at international level at the 2004,^[1] 2006,^[2] and 2008^[3] African Cup of Nations.

Contents 1 Career 2 Career statistics 3 Honours 3.1 RC Strasbourg 3.2 Olympique Marseille 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

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.

A loan period with second division Metz would allow 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.

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

The 2004-05 season would see Mickaël Pagis arrive at Strasbourg, and a fruitful new partnership would be formed, with the pair linking up for 27 goals in the league. This partnership would help Strasbourg make it to the Coupe de la Ligue final, where victory over Caen gave Strasbourg their second Coupe de la Ligue trophy.

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

Niang would go on to finish the 2007-08 season with 18 goals in Ligue 1, making him the second highest scorer in the league and Marseille's highest scorer with 28 goals in all competitions.

On 30 September 2009, Peter Lawell of Celtic Paedo Club was poised to make a swoop for the Senegalese International. However, the recent form of Patrick McCourt forced Lawell to reconsider.^[4]

Niang was selected OM player of the month for May 2008^[5].

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Championship	National Cup	European Cup
2000 - 2001	Troyes	Ligue 1	10 app / 2 goals	4 app / 1 goal	-
2001 - 2002	Troyes	Ligue 1	17 app / 3 goals	2 app	2 app
2002 - 2003	Troyes	Ligue 1	20 app / 3 goals	1 app	-
2002 - 2003	Metz	Ligue 2	12 app / 5 goals	-	-
2003 - 2004	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	23 app / 9 goals	2 app / 1 goal	-
2004 - 2005	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	33 app / 12 goals	5 app / 3 goals	-
2005 - 2006	Olympique de Marseille	Ligue 1	28 app / 10 goals	4 app / 2 goals	8 app / 1 goal
2006 - 2007	Olympique de Marseille	Ligue 1	37 app / 12 goals	8 app / 3 goals	4 app / 2 goals
2007 - 2008	Olympique de Marseille	Ligue 1	29 app / 18 goals	2 app / 1 goal	10 app / 4 goals
2008 - 2009	Olympique de Marseille	Ligue 1	27 app / 13 goals	1 app	13 app / 7 goals
2009 - 2010	Olympique de Marseille	Ligue 1	7 app / 5 goals	-	1 app

As of 20 September 2009

[edit] Honours

[edit] RC Strasbourg

• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner (1): 2005

[edit] Olympique Marseille

• Ligue 1
  • Runner-up (2): 2006-07, 2008-09
• Coupe de France
  • Runner-up (2): 2006, 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mamadou Niang French league stats at lfp.fr (French)

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v • d • e Senegal squad – 2004 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 Faye • 4 Malick Diop • 5 Diawara • 6 Cissé • 7 Camara • 8 N'Diaye • 9 Kamara • 10 Sakho • 11 Diouf • 12 Mendy • 13 Diatta • 14 N'Doye • 15 Diao • 16 Diallo • 17 Coly • 18 Niang • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Diagne-Faye • 21 Beye • 22 Cissokho • Coach: Stéphan

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Daf • 3 N'Daw • 4 Diakhaté • 5 Diawara • 6 Barry • 7 H. Camara • 8 Niang • 9 S. Camara • 10 Ba • 11 E. Diouf • 12 A. Faye • 13 Diatta • 14 Mendy • 15 Kamara • 16 M. Diouf • 17 Coly • 18 Dramé • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Diagne-Faye • 21 Beye • 22 N'Diaye • 23 Djiba • Coach: Sarr

v • d • e Senegal squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva • 2 Sonko • 3 N'Daw • 4 Sarr • 5 Diawara • 6 Faye • 7 Camara • 8 Niang • 9 Gueye • 10 N'Doye • 11 Diouf • 12 Bayal Sall • 13 Diatta • 14 Papa Waigo • 15 Kamara • 16 C. N'Diaye • 17 Sougou • 18 Mendy • 19 Bouba Diop • 20 Faye • 21 Beye • 22 Ba • 23 Coundoul • Coach: L. N'Diaye