Moussa Niakhaté was born on 8 March 1996 in Roubaix and plays for 1. FSV Mainz 05. He played for AMCS Comines from 2002-2004, for Lille OSC from 2004-2011, for ES Wasquehal from 2011-2012, for US Boulogne from 2012-2013, for US Valenciennes from 2013-2017, for FC Metz from 2017-2018 and has played for 1. FSV Mainz 05 since 2018.

Current season 2021/22

In the ongoing season, Moussa Niakhaté has scored one goal and takes third place within his squad. He shares this rank with Silvan Widmer, Jae-sung Lee, Stefan Bell, Ádám Szalai, Anderson Lucoqui, Kevin Stöger and Karim Onisiwo. In nine of the previous 10 games of the season, the 25-year-old was in the starting line-up. Of these 10 games, he won 4 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

Bundesliga career and records

Moussa Niakhaté has played 108 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 36. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FSV Mainz 05. Here, the 1.9m-tall defender has put a total of six balls in the net.