Adama Niane

Adama Niane
Adama Niane (N°26), vs Aleksandar Radovanović
Personal information
Full name Adama Niane
Date of birth (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Charleroi
Number 9
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)
2016–2018 Troyes 69 (31)
2018– Charleroi 2 (1)
National team‡
2011–2013 Mali U20 17 (10)
2017– Mali 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 Charleroi. He has also represented Mali at international level.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] In January 2017, he extended his contract until June 2019.[6] 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.[7]

Charleroi

On 29 August 2018, Niane joined Belgian First Division A side Charleroi.[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. ↑ Adama Niane à la pointe de l'attaque du FC Nantes - Malifootball
  2. ↑ Adama Niane signe un contrat professionnel - Malifootball
  3. ↑ "Nantes vs. Caen 2 - 1". soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Adama Niane at Soccerway". soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "L'attaquant Malien Adama Niane rejoint ESTAC". Official website of Troyes AC. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  6. ↑ "Adama Niane prolonge jusqu'en Juin 2019". Official website of Troyes AC. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  7. ↑ "Troyes stun Nice". www.ligue1.com. 11 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Adama Niane (Troyes) à Charleroi" (in French). L'Equipe. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  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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