Papa Amadou Niang (born 5 December 1988) is a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

ese former professional

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who played as a

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. He represented

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...

. He is the younger brother of

ese international

Mamadou Niang Mamadou Hamidou Niang (born 13 October 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is the ...

Club career

Papa began his professional football career in

ese club ASC Thiès. Papa is well known for his stint with Finnish side

FF Jaro FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in '' Ykkönen''. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan. Current squad ''Updated 7 March, 2022.'' Mana ...

, where he played from 2009 to 2012, 2016-2018 and most recently from 2018 to 2020. He scored 37 goals for the club in the

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' ( Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also p ...

. He has also played for Finnish side

FC OPA FC OPA (FC Oulun Pallo) is a football club from Oulu, Finland. In 2009 it plays in the third highest tier in the C-Group of Kakkonen. The club was founded in 2005. OPA started from Vitonen (the sixth highest tier) and was promoted three times in ...

AC Oulu AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing i ...

, Bolivian side Club Real América, Gabonese side

CF Mounana The Centre de Formation de Mounana, also known as CF Mounana, is a Gabonese football club based in Mounana Mounana is a town in Gabon. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now clo ...

, Kazakh club

FC Vostok FC Vostok ( kk, Восток Футбол Клубы, ''Vostok Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh football club from Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League in 1992. The club's best finish in the league was ...

, Kuwaiti outfit

Al-Shabab SC (Al Ahmadi) Al Shabab Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشباب الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Al Ahmadi. Al Shabab crest demonstrates behavior by picture of the hand shaking, education by the opened book, and sport third ...

. In 2018, he signed with

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the win ...

side

Minerva Punjab FC RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club from Mohali in Punjab that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League and I-League. Founded as ''Minerva Academy FC'', in 2005, the club name was rebranded to ''Minerva Punja ...

International career

He debuted for

against

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

in 2010. He earned 8 international caps and scored 3 goals for his home nation.

References

External links

Papa Niang
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Niang, Papa 1988 births Footballers from Dakar Living people Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Men's association football wingers AC Oulu players FF Jaro players FC Vostok players Al-Shabab SC (Kuwait) players CF Mounana players Punjab FC players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Kazakhstan Premier League players Kuwait Premier League players I-League players Kakkonen players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Gabon Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Gabon Expatriate men's footballers in India Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in India