M'Baye Niang
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Niang playing for Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | M'Baye Hamady Niang | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Meulan-en-Yvelines, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Basse-Seine Les Mureaux | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Poissy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Caen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Caen B | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Caen | 30 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | AC Milan | 67 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Montpellier (loan) | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Genoa (loan) | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Watford (loan) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Torino (loan) | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Torino | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Rennes (loan) | 29 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Rennes | 35 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Bordeaux | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Auxerre | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Adana Demirspor | 16 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Empoli | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Wydad | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Sampdoria | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U16 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U17 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Senegal | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:27, 14 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
M'Baye Hamady Niang (born 19 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Sampdoria. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.
He made his professional debut at the age of 16, in a league match for Caen. His playing style has also drawn comparisons to Mario Balotelli.
Internationally, he represented France at under-16, under-17 and under-21 levels, before opting to represent his ancestral Senegal internationally in October 2017.