Oumar Ngom

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Oumar Ngom
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Niort, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Estrela da Amadora
Number 97
Youth career
2012–2021 Niort
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Niort II 31 (3)
2021–2023 Niort 2 (0)
2023–2024 Pau II 3 (1)
2023–2025 Pau 44 (3)
2025– Estrela da Amadora 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Mauritania U17 3 (1)
2024– Mauritania 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 June 2024

Oumar Ngom (born 9 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora. [1] Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

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Club career

Having grown up between Tillou and Chef-Boutonne, Oumar Ngom went through the youth ranks of the Niort, starting to play with the reserve team in National 3 during the 2021–22 season. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

First appearing in the main team squad in early 2022, [6] [7] he made his professional debut for Niort on 5 March 2022, replacing Nacim El Hassani at the 61st minute of a 0–1 Ligue 2 home loss to AC Ajaccio. [8]

Pau FC

On 9 July 2023, Ngom signed his first professional contract with Pau FC. [9]

Estrela da Amadora

On 14 August 2025, Ngom signed a four-year contract with Estrela da Amadora in Portugal. [10]

International career

Of Senegalese and Mauritanian descent—his father, Cheikh Ngom, was a Mauritania international in the '80s [11] —, he became a youth international for his father's country, playing the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification in 2021 and scoring a goal despite his team failing to reach the final tournament. [6] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Oumar Ngom at Soccerway
  2. ↑ JARNOUX, Jérôme (28 April 2023). "Football – Ligue 2. Oumar Ngom, 100 % Chamois, du rêve à la réalité". Courrier de l'Ouest.
  3. ↑ Bureau, Elliott (13 September 2021). "Football (N3) : Niort (b) corrige Lège-Cap-Ferret (3–0)". La Nouvelle République . Retrieved 7 March 2022.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ "Football (N3) : les jeunes Chamois ne confirment pas". La Nouvelle République. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Jannin, Marie-Valérie (11 December 2021). "La réserve des Chamois doit s'affirmer face à Libourne". Le Courrier de l'Ouest  [ fr ]. Ouest-France . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Oumar NGOM, première convocation avec les pros aux Chamois". Football Club Boutonnais (in French). footeo. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Merlin, Noah (14 February 2022). "Chamois : Cassubie out, Ngom de retour à Grenoble". Le Courrier de l'Ouest. Ouest-France. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Résultats Ligue 2: Succès 0–1 de l'AC Ajaccio face à Niort". 20 minutes (in French). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Football – National. Oumar Ngom rejoint le Pau FC (Ligue 2)". Courrier de l'Ouest (in French). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Estrela da Amadora Contrata Oumar Ngom por Quatro Anos" [Estrela da Amadora Signs Oumar Ngom for Four Years] (in Portuguese). Estrela da Amadora. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 Debeaux, Martial (24 February 2021). "Football (CAN U17) : le Niortais Oumar Ngom a découvert la sélection de Mauritanie". La Nouvelle République . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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