Moussa Niakhaté history

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, the player with the shirt number 19 has scored four goals and takes fourth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Silvan Widmer and Jae-sung Lee. In 29 of the previous 30 games of the season, Moussa Niakhaté was in the starting line-up. Of these 30 games, he won 12 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

His pass success rate amounts to 82.44 per cent, with which the 26-year-old occupies second place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 61.77 per cent, putting him in the exact same place (ninth) as John Anthony Brooks (VfL Wolfsburg) in the league ranking for this category.

Last game

Moussa Niakhaté played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2021/22 season (14 May 2022). Playing for 1. FSV Mainz 05, he played against Eintracht Frankfurt and tied with 2-2. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Moussa Niakhaté had 67 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 10 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win five. The 1.9m-tall defender was additionally able to make 44 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 9.6 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 19 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Moussa Niakhaté has played 128 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 44. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FSV Mainz 05. Here, Moussa Niakhaté has put a total of nine balls in the net.