Issa Thiaw

{{short description|Senegalese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{for|the historian and theologian|Issa Laye Thiaw}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Issa Thiaw

| image =

| fullname = Mame Seydina Issa Laye Thiaw

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Yoff, Senegal

| height = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = MP (manager)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Diambars

| years1 = 2012

| clubs1 = RS Yoff

| caps1 = ?

| goals1 = ?

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = Voința Sibiu

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012

| clubs3 = FC Cisnădie

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = Unirea Alba Iulia

| caps4 = ?

| goals4 = ?

| years5 = 2014–2016

| clubs5 = Șoimii Pâncota

| caps5 = 46

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2016–2017

| clubs6 = Sepsi OSK

| caps6 = 37

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2018

| clubs7 = Ilves

| caps7 = 27

| goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2019–2020

| clubs8 = KuPS

| caps8 = 12

| goals8 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs1 = KuPS (U19 assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2022

| managerclubs2 = KuPS II

| manageryears3 = 2023

| managerclubs3 = KuPS (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2024–

| managerclubs4 = MP

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

}}

Mame Seydina Issa Laye Thiaw (born 12 October 1992), commonly known as Issa Thiaw, is a Senegalese professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of Finnish club Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in Ykkönen.[https://ilvesedustus.fi/issa-thiaw-sopimuspelaajaksi-keskikentalle/ Issa Thiaw sopimuspelaajaksi Ilveksen keskikentälle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022081837/https://ilvesedustus.fi/issa-thiaw-sopimuspelaajaksi-keskikentalle/ |date=22 October 2019 }}. ilvesedustus.fi {{in lang|fi}}[https://mikkelinpalloilijat.fi/edustus-issa-thiaw-on-mpn-uusi-paavalmentaja/ EDUSTUS: Issa Thiaw on MP:n uusi päävalmentaja], mikkelinpalloilijat.fi[https://www.lansi-savo.fi/urheilu/7992532 MP:n uusi päävalmentaja tulee Kuopiosta – Issa Thiaw, 32, haluaa kehittää nuoria pelaajia], lansi-savo.fi, 18 October 2024