Frédéric Nimani

Monaco and loan moves

Born in Marseille, Nimani's spell at AS Monaco began well when he scored on his debut against Auxerre on 9 September 2006. Despite bursting onto the scene at the Stade Louis II in spectacular fashion, he was loaned to Lorient in 2007. However, after a bust-up with Christian Gourcuff in January 2008, he was recalled and loaned to Ligue 2 outfit Sedan for the rest of the season. On his return to Monaco, he scored the match winner on the first day of the 2008–2009 season against Paris Saint Germain. Nimani went on to register 7 goals in his first full season at Monaco, developing a good partnership with fellow striker Park Chu-Young and keeping the likes of Serge Gakpé and Juan Pablo Pino out of the first team. Nimani's success attracted the attention of English Premier League and Spanish La Liga teams, most notably Arsenal and Real Madrid. In June 2009, it was reported in the press that Alex McLeish and Tony Mowbray were tracking the French U21 international.

Burnley loan

On 19 January 2010, it was reported that Nimani was set to move to Premier League Club Burnley on loan deal with a further view to buy the player for €4 million. After training with the club he signed on a five-month loan deal on 22 January 2010. However, Nimani made two appearances for Burnley coming on for Chris Eagles on a 65 minutes in a 1–0 defeat against Bolton Wanderers and he came on as a replacement for David Nugent in Burnley's 5-2 defeat away at Aston…

Nimani played eight times and scored two times with the France U21, but was eligible to play for both Chad and Central African Republic. He was called up for the first time to the latter selection and made his debut in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Guinea on 9 September 2018.

Nimani was born in Marseille and is of Chadian and Central African descent.