Idrissa Niang (born 25 February 1992) is a Senegalese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

club Al-Shorta.

Club career

Niang started his career with the football academy of the AS Sucrière de La Réunion, he joined the junior team in 2008, before joining the first team in 2010. Niang then moved to

ASC Diaraf Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' ...

during the 2012–13 season, where he played for five seasons. On 29 July 2017 Niang moved to Tunisia to play for

ES Métlaoui Étoile Sportive de Métlaoui ( ar, النجم الرياضي بالمتلوي) or ESM is a Tunisian football club, based in the city of Métlaoui Métlaoui ( aeb, متلوي ') is a town and commune in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia. In 2014 ...

during the 2017–18 season. On 27 July 2018, he moved to Lebanon to play with Beirut-based club

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

, staying there for two years. On 1 October 2020, Niang joined

side

Al-Mina'a Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ...

. He moved to Al-Talaba in August 2021.

International career

Niang represented

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

at the 2014 African Nations Championship qualification, making his senior international debut on 20 July 2013, in a 2–0 defeat to

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

Honours

Diaraf *

Senegal FA Cup The Senegal FA Cup is the top knock-out tournament in Senegalese football. It was created in 1961.Senegal - Li ...

: 2013 Nejmeh *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

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Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

runner-up: 2017–18 Al-Shorta *

Iraqi Super Cup The Iraqi Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر العراقي), previously called Iraqi Perseverance Cup ( ar, كأس المثابرة العراقي), is Iraqi football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Iraqi Premier ...

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* * * 1992 births Living people Senegalese footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Sucrière de La Réunion players ASC Jaraaf players ES Métlaoui players Nejmeh SC players Al-Minaa SC players Al-Talaba SC players Al-Shorta SC players Senegal Premier League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Lebanese Premier League players Iraqi Premier League players Senegal men's international footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Iraq Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq {{Senegal-footy-midfielder-stub