Anderson Niangbo (born 6 October 1999) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays for

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club

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Career

Club career

Niangbo started his career at Olympic Sport d'Abobo. In January 2018 he moved to Austria for

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, where he received a contract that ran until June 2022, but where he was initially to be used for Salzburg's

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. In March 2018 he made his debut for Liefering in the

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when he was in the starting line-up against

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on matchday 22 of the 2017–18 season and was replaced by Aldin Aganovic in the stoppage time. On 6 July 2019, Niangbo was loaned to

. After 17 appearances for the team in the

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, in which he scored seven goals, he was ordered back to Salzburg in January 2020 and initially moved up to the

squad. About a week after his return, he moved to Belgium to

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, where he received a contract that ran until June 2024. On 9 August 2021, he returned to Austria and joined

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on a season-long loan. In March 2023, joined

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on a season-long loan. On 8 February 2024, Niangbo moved to

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

in Turkey until the end of the season. On 6 February 2025, Niangbo returned to

Career Statistics

Club

Honours

Ivory Coast U23 *

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runner-up:

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* Living people 1999 births Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Liefering players Wolfsberger AC players FC Red Bull Salzburg players KAA Gent players SK Sturm Graz players FC Aktobe players Konyaspor footballers 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Belgian Pro League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Süper Lig players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub