Papa Niang
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Papa Niang | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FF Jaro | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | ASC Thiès | 19 | |
2007 | FC OPA | 31 | |
2008 | AC Oulu | ||
2009–2012 | FF Jaro | 101 | (26) |
2013 | FC Vostok | 23 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Al-Shabab SC | ||
2014–2015 | CF Mounana | ||
2016–2018 | FF Jaro | 41 | (12) |
2018 | Minerva Punjab | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | FF Jaro | 3 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
Senegal | 8 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2015 |
Papa Niang (born 5 December 1988) is a Senegalese professional football player, who most recently played as a forward for FF Jaro in the Ykkönen and represented Senegal in African Cup of Nations. He is the younger brother of Senegalese international Mamadou Niang.
Club career
Papa began his professional football career in Senegalese club ASC Thiès. Papa is well known for his stint with Finnish side FF Jaro, where he played from 2009 to 2012, 2016-2018 and most recently from 2018 to 2020. He scored 37 goals for the club in the Ykkönen.
He has also played for Finnish side FC OPA, AC Oulu, Bolivian side Club Real América, Gabonese side CF Mounana, Kazakh club FC Vostok, Kuwaiti outfit Al-Shabab SC (Al Ahmadi). In 2018, he signed with I-League side Minerva Punjab FC.[1]
International career
He debuted for Senegal against Botswana in 2010. He earned 8 international caps and scored 3 goals for his home nation.
See also
References
External links
- [1]
- Papa Niang at Soccerway
- ^ "Papa Niang". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Senegalese footballers
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- AC Oulu players
- FF Jaro players
- FC Vostok players
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
- Expatriate footballers in Gabon
- Expatriate footballers in India
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Gabon
- Association football wingers