14 Facts About Mamadou Niang

Mamadou Hamidou Niang was born on 13 October 1979 and is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Mamadou Niang has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004,2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations.

Mamadou Niang is the older brother of Papa Niang, who is a professional footballer.

Mamadou Niang 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.

Jean Fernandez, the Metz manager, tried to make the loan deal into a permanent move but failed and Mamadou Niang left Troyes for Strasbourg.

Mamadou Niang was joined six months later by Mickael Pagis.

Mamadou Niang finished the season as Marseille's top scorer with ten goals but Marseille lost the Coupe de France final to Paris Saint-Germain.

Mamadou Niang was selected Marseille player of the month by the fans for May 2008.

Mamadou Niang made a great start with Fenerbahce when he scored seven goals in his first six league appearances.

However, while Suwon's defense stood still thinking their goalkeeper will get the ball back, Mamadou Niang stole the ball and went past the goalkeeper to score.

Mamadou Niang then got himself sent-off in injury time for kicking the ball away when he was flagged offside, receiving another yellow card in addition to his previous, meaning he could not participate in the second leg in Doha.

On 31 January 2013, Mamadou Niang moved to Turkish side Besiktas on loan until the end of the season.

On 28 August 2014, Mamadou Niang returned to France to sign for Arles-Avignon, having been overseas for the last four years.

Mamadou Niang represented the national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team took fourth place for the third time in history.