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Adama Niane
Personal information
Full name Adama Niane
Date of birth (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Troyes
Number 26
Youth career
2003–2011 Yeelen Olympique
2011–2012 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Nantes B 91 (40)
2012–2016 Nantes 4 (0)
2016– Troyes 65 (31)
International career‡
2011–2013 Mali U20 17 (10)
2017– Mali 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:14, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2017

Adama Niane (born 16 June 1993) is a Malian footballer who plays as a forward for Troyes.[1]

Club career

Club Olympique de Bamako

Born in Bamako, Niane started his career at Yeelen Olympique, joining the club as a youth player in 2003.[2]

Nantes

After playing two and a half years for the first team of Club Olympique de Bamako, Niane signed for Ligue 2 side FC Nantes in 2011. He played for the club's U19 team in the 2011–2012 season, during which they finished as runners-up in the national U19 championships and he finished as the national U19 championships top scorer. On 1 July 2012, Niane joined the club's reserve team.[3] He made his first team debut for Nantes on 15 December 2012 in a Ligue 2 home match against Caen, coming on as a substitute for Jordan Veretout in the 92nd minute; Nantes won the match 2–1.[4]

Niane played a total of 91 matches (he started in 81 of them) and scored 40 goals in the Championnnat de France Amateur (CFA) and the Championnnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA2) for the reserved team of Nantes from 2012 to 2016. He only played 6 competitive matches and did not score any goals (3 Ligue 1, 1 Ligue 2 and 2 Coupe de France matches) for its first team during that period.[5]

Troyes

2016–17 season

Niane joined Ligue 2 club Troyes AC on 22 August 2016 on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract that would expire in June 2018.[6] In January 2017, he extended his contract until June 2019.[7] Niane was the top scorer in the 2016–17 Ligue 2, scoring 23 goals in 33 Ligue 2 matches.

2017–18 season

On 11 Aug 2017, Niane scored the first Ligue 1 goal of his career in an away match against OGC Nice with a lob over Yoan Cardinale in the 54th minute; in the 85th minute, he assisted Saîf-Eddine Khaoui to ensure that Troyes won the match 2–1.[8]

International career

Niane was named in Mali's squad for the 2013 African Youth Championship.[9] He scored the only goal in Mali's opening game versus Nigeria.

Niane also played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Turkey.[10]

Niane made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a 2-1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Gabon on 10 June 2017.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Ligue1.com - Player profile Adama NIANE (ESTAC Troyes)". www.ligue1.com.
  2. ^ Adama Niane à la pointe de l'attaque du FC Nantes - Malifootball[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Adama Niane signe un contrat professionnel - Malifootball[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Nantes vs. Caen 2 - 1". soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Adama Niane at Soccerway". soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  6. ^ "L'attaquant Malien Adama Niane rejoint ESTAC". Official website of Troyes AC. 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Adama Niane prolonge jusqu'en Juin 2019". Official website of Troyes AC. 22 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Troyes stun Nice". www.ligue1.com. 11 August 2017.
  9. ^ Amr, Abdelrahman. "Egypt opponents Mali announce U-20 AFCON squad". KingFut. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 - Mali". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Oumar Sissoko et la Mali renversent le Gabon de Denis Bouanga !". 11 June 2017.
  12. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation Africaine du. "L'envol parfait des Aigles face aux Panthères". www.cafonline.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-09.

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