Mamadou Niang Babacar Ndiaye

Troyes

After beginning his career with the Le Havre youth team, Niang turned professional at 18 years of age with Troyes. He had a mixed beginning to his career with his first season featuring ten Ligue 1 starts, all from the bench, the following season would show little improvement with 17 starts and only 3 league goals.

Loan to Metz

A loan period with Ligue 2 club Metz allowed him to hone his skills, contributing five goals in 12 appearances and helping Metz return to top flight French football for the 2003–04 season.

Strasbourg

Jean Fernandez, the Metz manager, tried to make the loan deal into a permanent move but failed and Niang left Troyes for Strasbourg. The arrival of Danijel Ljuboja, to Strasbourg at the same time allowed Niang to form an important strike partnership until Ljuboja moved to Paris Saint-Germain. Niang didn't score again for the remainder of the second half of that season. The 2004–05 season saw Mickaël Pagis arrive at Strasbourg, and a fruitful new partnership was formed, with the pair linking up for 27 goals in the league. This partnership helped Strasbourg make it to the Coupe de la Ligue final, where victory over Caen gave Strasbourg their second Coupe de la Ligue trophy. Niang scored Strasbourg's first goal as they won 2–1.

Marseille

In 2005, Niang moved to Marseille for a reported fee of €7 million. He was joined six months later by Mickaël Pagis. Niang finished the season as Marseille's top scorer with ten…

Niang represented the national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team took fourth place for the third time in history.

Club

International

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niang goal.

Troyes

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001 Strasbourg

Coupe de la Ligue: 2004–05 Marseille

Ligue 1: 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue: 2009–10 Trophée des Champions: 2010 UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005 Fenerbahçe

Süper Lig: 2010–11 Al Sadd

AFC Champions League: 2011 Senegal

Africa Cup of Nations fourth place: 2006 Individual

UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: May 2005, December 2005, December 2007 UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2007–08, 2009–10 UNFP Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2009–10 Ligue 1 top scorer: 2009–10 Marseille Player of the Season: 2009–10