Ousseynou Niang

Ousseynou Niang
Niang playing for Union SG in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001
Place of birth Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Union SG
Number 22
Youth career
–2019 Diambars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Diambars
2022–2023 Auda 15 (4)
2023–2024 Riga 33 (8)
2024– Union SG 56 (4)
International career‡
2017–2019 Senegal U20 12 (1)
2022 Senegal U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2025 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 September 2022

Ousseynou Niang (born 12 October 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise.

Club career

Niang started playing football at the Senegalese youth academy Diambars where he went on to play for the first team before moving to the Latvian club Auda in the spring of 2022.[1]

At the end of 2023, Niang signed for Riga,[2] the team would go on to finish the season as vice-champions and would qualify for the UEFA Conference League. Niang score his first European goal in a 1–0 victory over Śląsk Wrocław.[3]

Niang joined Union Saint-Gilloise on September 3, 2024.[4][5] On July 31, 2025, he extended his contract with Union Saint-Gilloise for 3 years.[6][7]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 August 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Diambars 2021–22 Ligue 1 ——1[b]0—10
Auda 2022 Latvian Higher League 15440——194
Riga 2023 Latvian Higher League 133———133
2024 Latvian Higher League 205212[c]1—247
Total 48126121—5614
Union SG 2024–25 Belgian Pro League 2722010[d]0—392
2025–26 Belgian Pro League 272207[e]01[f]0372
2026–27 Belgian Pro League 20002[g]01[f]050
Total 5644019020854
Career total 104161012212013818
  1. ↑ Includes Latvian Cup, Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 1 2 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  7. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Union SG

References

  1. ↑ "Diambars FC : Trois cadres s'envolent pour Lettonie". Record.sn. 26 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lettonie Ousseynou Niang ouvre son compteur avec Riga FC". Sport News Africa (in French).
  3. ↑ "Ligue Europa Conférence : Le Riga FC s'impose face au Śląsk Wrocław grâce à Ousseynou Niang et prend une option pour le 3e tour préliminaire" (in French). 24 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ousseynou Niang reinforces Union". rusg.brussels Union Saint-Gilloise. 3 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "L'Union Saint-Gilloise enchaine et recrute un nouveau joueur offensif". rtl.be. 4 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Niang extends his stay at Union". rusg.brussels Union Saint-Gilloise. 31 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "OFFICIEEL: Niang verlengt contract bij Union Saint-Gilloise". voetbalprimeur.be (in Dutch). 31 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Ousseynou Niang at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Royale Union Saint-Gilloise edge Anderlecht in extra time to win Belgian Cup". flashscore.com. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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