Baye Ibrahima Niasse (born 18 April 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Gamma Ethniki club Kozani.

Ibrahima Niasse
Personal information
Full name Baye Ibrahima Niasse
Date of birth (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kozani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Nancy B 23 (2)
2008–2011 Neuchâtel Xamax 64 (10)
2011 Apollon Limassol 0 (0)
2012–2013 Inter Baku 48 (6)
2013–2014 Gabala 29 (1)
2014–2015 Mordovia Saransk 26 (1)
2016 Concordia Chiajna 13 (0)
2016 Delhi Dynamos 4 (0)
2017–2018 Levadiakos 34 (3)
2018–2019 Raja CA 30 (2)
2019–2020 Gabala 3 (0)
2020 Lamia 11 (0)
2021 Ionikos 19 (4)
2022– Kozani 28 (9)
International career
2007 Senegal U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2019

Club career edit

Niasse was born in Dakar, Senegal.

He played 64 league games for Neuchâtel Xamax in Switzerland.[1]

On 5 June 2013, Niasse signed a one-year contract with Gabala, moving from fellow Azerbaijan Premier League Inter Baku.[2] Niasse made his debut for Gabala in their 2–1 away victory over FK Baku on 2 August 2013.[3] His first goal for the club was the third goal in a 3–2 victory over Inter Baku in his second game for the club.[4]

After leaving Gabala at the end of his one-year contract, Niasse went on trial with Mordovia Saransk, managed by his former Gabala manager Yuri Semin,[5] signing a two-year contract on 26 June 2014.[6] After just one season with Mordovia Saransk, Niasse left the club by mutual consent in June 2015.[7]

After six months without a club, Niasse signed a six-month contract with Concordia Chiajna in January 2016.[8]

After being released by Concordia China, Niasse signed with Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos on 10 September 2016.[9]

On 26 January 2017, Niasse signed a season and half contract with Levadiakos.[10]

On 31 October 2019, Niasse returned to Gabala, signing a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season.[11]

On 28 January 2020, Niasse returns to Greek Super League with Lamia.[12]

Personal life edit

His brother Oumar Niasse is also a professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 19 December 2019[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Neuchâtel Xamax 2008–09 Swiss Super League 21 4 - - 21 4
2009–10 12 2 1 0 - - 13 2
2010–11 31 4 4 0 - - 35 4
Total 64 10 5 0 - - - - 69 10
Inter Baku 2011–12[15] Azerbaijan Premier League 21 3 4 0 0 0 - 25 3
2012–13[16] 27 3 2 1 3 0 - 32 4
Total 48 6 6 1 3 0 - - 57 7
Gabala 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League 29 1 6 0 - - 35 1
Mordovia Saransk 2014–15 Russian Premier League 26 1 2 0 - - 28 1
Concordia Chiajna 2015–16 Liga I 13 0 2 0 - - 15 0
Delhi Dynamos 2016 Indian Super League 4 0 - - - 4 1
Levadiakos 2016–17 Superleague Greece 9 0 1 0 - - 10 0
2017–18 25 3 1 1 - - 26 4
Total 34 3 2 1 - - - - 36 4
Raja CA 2018–19 Botola 15 0 0 0 12 0 - 27 0
Gabala 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 0
Career total 236 21 25 2 15 0 - - 276 23

Honours edit

Raja CA

Ionikos

References edit

  1. ^ "Stats Centre: Ibrahima Niasse Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  2. ^ "2 new footballers joining Gabala". Gabala FC. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Bakı 1 - 2 Qabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Qabala vs. İnter Bakı". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ На просмотре в «Мордовии» Ибрахима НИАССЕ. www.fc-mordovia.ru (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ^ Сенегалец Ибрахима НИАССЕ - футболист «Мордовии». www.fc-mordovia.ru (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Ибрахима Ниассе Байе ушел из Мордовии". football.kulichki.net/ (in Russian). football.kulichki. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Concordia l-a transferat pe senegalezul Baye Ibrahima Niasse". www.csconcordia.ro (in Romanian). CS Concordia Chiajna. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Richard Gadze returns to Delhi Dynamos FC; Senegal's Ibrahima Niasse to add sheen to the mid field". delhidynamos.com. Delhi Dynamos. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Επίσημο: Ανακοίνωσε Νιάς ο Λεβαδειακός" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 26 January 2017.
  11. ^ "İbrahima Niasse yenidən Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Ανακοίνωση για έναρξη συνεργασίας με Ιμπραχίμα Νιάσε". lamia1964.gr (in Greek). PAS Lamia 1964. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ Hunter, Andy (11 March 2016). "Everton's Oumar Niasse: 'I am a fighter, someone who always wants the ball'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  14. ^ "I.Niasse". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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