Ousseynou Niang

Ousseynou Niang

Niang in 2025 with Union SG
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Ziguinchor, Senegal
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Union SG
Number	22
Youth career
0000–2019	Diambars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Diambars
2022–2023	Auda	15	(4)
2023–2024	Riga	33	(8)
2024–	Union SG	34	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025

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]

In 2024, he signed with Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise on a five-year contract. ^[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 September 2025 ^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Diambars	2021–22	Ligue 1	—		—		1 [b]	0	—		1	0
Auda	2022	Latvian Higher League	15	4	4	0	—		—		19	4
Riga	2023	Latvian Higher League	13	3	—		—		—		13	3
	2024	Latvian Higher League	20	5	2	1	2 [c]	1	—		24	7
	Total		33	8	2	1	2	1	—		37	10
Union SG	2024–25	Belgian Pro League	27	2	2	0	10 [d]	0	—		39	2
	2025–26	Belgian Pro League	7	1	0	0	0	0	1 [e]	0	8	1
	Total		34	3	2	0	10	0	1	0	47	3
Career total			82	15	8	1	13	1	1	0	104	17

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. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

Honours

Union SG

• Belgian Pro League: 2024–25 ^[6]

References

1. "Diambars FC : Trois cadres s'envolent pour Lettonie". Record.sn (Archived). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
2. "Lettonie Ousseynou Niang ouvre son compteur avec Riga FC". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
4. "Ousseynou Niang reinforces Union". RUSG. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
5. Ousseynou Niang at Soccerway
6. "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.

External links

• Ousseynou Niang at Soccerway
• Ousseynou Niang at WorldFootball.net