Oumar Niasse

Oumar Niasse

With Lokomotiv in 2015
Personal information
Full name Baye Oumar Niasse
Date of birth (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990
Place of birth Ouakam, Senegal
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Everton
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 US Ouakam 154 (102)
2012Brann (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Akhisar Belediyespor 45 (12)
2014–2016 Lokomotiv Moscow 28 (12)
2016– Everton 5 (0)
National team
2011 Senegal U23 6 (0)
2014– Senegal 8 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2016

Baye Oumar Niasse (born 18 April 1990) known as Oumar Niasse, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Everton as a striker. He is known for his pace, strength and high work rate.

Club career

Ouakam

Oumar Niasse started his football career in US Ouakam, a team which was playing in the second tier in Senegal that time. He signed his first professional contract with Ouakam in 2008 and in the 2008–09 season helped his team win the Second League title by scoring 21 goals.[1] Playing as a winger, Niasse played a key role in Ouakam winning the Senegal Premier League title in 2011.[2]

Brann

Niasse started a trial with Norwegian club Brann in February 2012,[3] and after impressing signed for the club on a six-month loan.[4][5] His time in Norway was hampered by poor form and injuries, and he returned to Senegal after playing just three Tippeligaen games.

Akhisar Belediyespor

After a trial period with AS Saint-Etienne, Niasse was offered a contract to join the French club, but refused the deal. He joined the summer camp of the Süper Lig team Akhisar Belediyespor, and signed permanently with them in August 2013.[6][7] Niasse scored on his debut in Turkey, and finished the season with 15 goals.[2]

Lokomotiv Moscow

Before the 2014–15 season, he signed with Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2014 for a €5.5 million transfer fee.[8] He scored Lokomotiv's equalising goal in the Russian Cup Final against Kuban Krasnodar on 21 May 2015, and his side went on to win 31 after extra time.[9]

Everton

Niasse joined English club Everton on 1 February 2016, for a fee of around £13.5m on a four-and-a-half year deal.[10][11] He made his first appearance for the club against Bournemouth on 20 February 2016, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Romelu Lukaku. After 152 minutes of football in his first term, he was not given a squad number for the following season.[12] Niasse was informed by Everton manager Ronald Koeman he would need to search for a new club during the summer 2016 transfer window, stating, "if Niasse likes to play football he needs to leave Everton".[13] However, following the close of the transfer deadline for loaning and signing players in England, he was listed as part of the 25-man Everton squad for the 2016–2017 season submitted on 1 September 2016[14] and eventually given a squad number of 24. In October 2016, Niasse is demoted to the Under 23 squad and has his personal locker revoked. [15]

Personal life

On 15 May 2016, Niasse was arrested on suspicion of assault by Greater Manchester Police.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 May 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 301040
Total 30100040
Akhisar Belediyespor 2013–14 Süper Lig 3412634015
Total 341263004015
Lokomotiv Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 1344220196
2015–16 Russian Premier League 15821642313
Total 281263844219
Everton 2015–16 Premier League 502070
Total 5020000070
Career total 692415600849334

Honours

US Ouakam
Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. "Gol silahı Oumar Niasse".
  2. 1 2 "Oumar Niasse: Meet the hard-working Senegalese striker wanted in England". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. Han kan være Branns nye kantspiller ba.no (Norwegian)
  4. Doddo-bloggen: Signér Niasse! aftenposten.no (Norwegian)
  5. – Er her for å bli bedre brann.no (Norwegian)
  6. "Akhisar'da Oumar Niasse de tamam".
  7. "Akhisar'a Senegalli".
  8. 1 2 3 4 "O. Niasse". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  9. "Lokomotiv Moskva vs. Kuban' Krasnodar 3 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  10. "Niasse Completes £13.5m Move". Everton F.C. 1 February 2016.
  11. Hytner, David (30 January 2016). "Everton poised to sign Lokomotiv Moscow's Oumar Niasse for £13.5m" via The Guardian.
  12. "Premier League 2016-17 Preview Everton". The Guardian. 3 August 2016.
  13. Bascombe, Chris (18 August 2016). "Everton manager Ronald Koeman tells Oumar Niasse to find another club - just six months after his arrival". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  14. Doyle, Ian (1 September 2016). "Oumar Niasse included in Everton's Premier League squad". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  15. Hytner, David (2016-10-11). "Everton's Oumar Niasse: 'It's really sad. I don't think I deserve this'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  16. "Everton FC striker Oumar Niasse in assault arrest". BBC. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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