M'Baye Niang

M'Baye Niang
Niang playing for Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name M'Baye Hamady Niang
Date of birth (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994
Place of birth Meulan-en-Yvelines, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
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)
2014Montpellier (loan) 19 (4)
2015Genoa (loan) 14 (5)
2017Watford (loan) 16 (2)
2017–2018Torino (loan) 26 (4)
2018–2019 Torino 0 (0)
2018–2019Rennes (loan) 29 (11)
2019–2021 Rennes 35 (11)
2021Al-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
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2019 Egypt
*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.