Ousseynou Niang
{{short description|Senegalese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ousseynou Niang
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|10|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ziguinchor, Senegal
| height =
| currentclub = Union SG
| clubnumber = 22
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019
| youthclubs1 = Diambars
| years1 = 2019–2022
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| clubs1 = Diambars
| years2 = 2022–2023
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 4
| clubs2 = Auda
| years3 = 2023–2024
| caps3 = 33
| goals3 = 8
| clubs3 = Riga
| years4 = 2024–
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 2
| clubs4 = Union SG
| pcupdate = 16 March 2025
}}
Ousseynou Niang (born 12 October 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise.
Club career
Niang started playing football at the Sengalese youth academy Diambars where he went on to play for the first team before moving to the Latvian club Auda in the spring of 2022.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-26 |title=Diambars FC : Trois cadres s'envolent pour Lettonie |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726184513/https://www.record.sn/Diambars-fc-trois-cadres-s-envolent-pour-lettonie |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Record.sn (Archived)}}
At the end of 2023, Niang signed for Riga,{{Cite web |title=Lettonie Ousseynou Niang ouvre son compteur avec Riga FC |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/breve/lettonie-ousseynou-niang-ouvre-son-compteur-avec-riga-fc/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Sport News Africa |language=fr-FR}} the team would go on to finish the season as vice-champions and would qualify for the UEFA Conference League. Niang score his first European goal in a 1-0 victory over Śląsk Wrocław.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Ligue Europa Conférence : Le Riga FC s'impose face au Śląsk Wrocław grâce à Ousseynou Niang et prend une option pour le 3e tour préliminaire |url=https://wiwsport.com/2024/07/24/ligue-europa-conference-le-riga-fc-simpose-face-au-slask-wroclaw-grace-a-ousseynou-niang-et-prend-une-option-pour-le-3e-tour-preliminaire/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |language=fr-FR}}
In 2024, he signed with Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise on a five-year contract.{{Cite web |title=Ousseynou Niang reinforces Union |url=https://rusg.brussels/en/news/ousseynou-niang-reinforces-union |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=RUSG |language=en}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 15 March 2025}}{{Soccerway|franjo-ivanovi/620159}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Diambars
|colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in CAF Confederation Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Auda
|2022 |15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 4 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Riga
|2023 |Latvian Higher League |13 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2024
|Latvian Higher League |20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 7 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 10 | ||
| Union SG
|18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!66 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 16 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|ousseynou-niang/484466}}
{{Royale Union Saint-Gilloise squad}}
{{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninag, Ousseynou}}
Category:Men's association football midfielders