Moussa Niakhaté

Lyon

Born on : March 08, 1996 (30 years) at Roubaix

Nationality : Senegal France

Height : 1m90

Weight : 80 kg

Best foot : Left foot

Number of international caps : 35

First cap : vs Mozambique 24/03/2023

2026
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015

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Current season statistics (2026/2027)

0 clean sheets 0 Goals conceded

0 Goals 0 Own goals

0 Played matches 0 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Central defender	92%
Other positions
Left full-back	7%

Niakhaté's career statisticsLast updated on 04/08/2026 at 13:08

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2026/2027

2025/2026

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Lyon	Ligue 1 McDonald's	32		2		34	15	2759	19	94%	2	94%	3		50%	19%	31%
Lyon	Europa League	9	1		738	6	4	738	19	100%		90%	1	1	67%	11%	22%
Lyon	French Cup	2				2	1	180	5	100%		50%			50%	50%	0%
Senegal	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3					3	238	19	100%		75%			100%	0%	0%
Senegal	Friendlies	1				2		90	19	100%	1	50%			0%	0%	100%
Senegal	CAF Nations Cup	6				5	3	540	19	100%		86%			67%	17%	17%
Senegal	Friendlies	3					2	200	19	67%	2	75%			33%	33%	33%
Senegal	World Cup	4		1		9	1	390	19	100%		100%			25%	0%	75%

2024/2025

Lyon

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Lyon	Ligue 1 McDonald's	31	42	9	2726	19	97%	3	91%	2	48%	19%	32%
Lyon	Europa League	9	12	2	753	19	89%	3	75%	2	44%	33%	22%
Lyon	French Cup	2	3		180	5	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%
Senegal	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	4		4	360	0	100%	1	67%		100%	0%	0%
Senegal	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2		2	180	19	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%
Senegal	Friendlies	1	1		90	19	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%

2023/2024

Nottingham

1460

2442

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Nottingham	Premier League	21	1	1460	35	1	1460	19	71%	18	55%	4	1	29%	10%	62%
Nottingham	Carabao Cup	1			1		90	19	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Nottingham	Emirates FA Cup	1			1		120	19	100%	1	20%			0%	100%	0%
Senegal	Friendlies	2			1	1	180	19	100%		100%			50%	0%	50%
Senegal	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3			1	2	270	19	100%	1	75%	1		33%	67%	0%
Senegal	CAF Nations Cup	2			1	1	200	19	100%		50%			50%	50%	0%
Senegal	Friendlies	1				1	77	19	100%	1	50%			100%	0%	0%
Senegal B	Friendlies	1				1	45	19	100%					100%	0%	0%
Nottingham U-23	Premier League 2	1			2		45	6	100%					0%	100%	0%

2022/2023

Nottingham

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Nottingham	Premier League	14	22	2	1163	19	100%	1	37%	1	29%	21%	50%
Senegal	Friendlies					0		1	0%
Senegal	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2		1	91	0	50%	1	67%		100%	0%	0%
Senegal	Friendlies	1	2		90	19	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%

2021/2022

Mainz

642

704

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	3					6		249	19	67%	1	100%	1		33%	33%	33%
Mainz	Bundesliga	30	4		642		37	9	2567	19	97%	1	88%	1		40%	20%	40%

2020/2021

Mainz

955

1025

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	2					3		210	19	100%		100%			50%	50%	0%
Mainz	Bundesliga	32	3	1	955		45	5	2866	19	100%		94%	9	1	31%	28%	41%

2019/2020

Mainz

2970

3060

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	1					2		90	19	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Mainz	Bundesliga	33	1	2	2970		57	5	2970	19	100%		97%	7		33%	12%	55%

2018/2019

Mainz

2789

2791

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	1					2	19	100%		50%		1	100%	0%	0%
Mainz	Bundesliga	33	1	2789	53	7	2789	19	97%	2	97%	3		33%	21%	45%
France U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	2			1	1	180	17	100%	1				50%	50%	0%
France U-21	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	3			1	1	243	0	100%					33%	67%	0%
France U-21	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	3			4	1	200	10	67%	1				33%	0%	67%
France U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship							17		4

2017/2018

Metz

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Metz	Ligue 1 Conforama	35	1	69	4	3105	21	97%	3	92%	8	17%	23%	60%
Metz	Coupe de la Ligue	2		1	1	180	21	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Metz	French Cup	1		2		90	4	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%
France U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	1			1	90	17	100%	2			100%	0%	0%
France U-21	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	2		3		180	0	100%				0%	50%	50%

2016/2017

Valenciennes

2942

3212

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Valenciennes	Domino's Ligue 2	35	1	2	2942	34	14	2942	15	94%	2	92%	8	26%	43%	31%
Valenciennes	Coupe de la Ligue	1					1	90	15	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Valenciennes	French Cup	2				2	1	180	15	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%

2015/2016

Valenciennes

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Valenciennes	Ligue 2	28	2	29	5	1998	15	75%	12	74%	4	18%	39%	43%
Valenciennes	Coupe de la Ligue	1		2		59	15	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%
Valenciennes	French Cup	1		1		90	15	100%		33%		0%	0%	100%
VAFC B	Championnat de France Amateur 2	4		9	1	360	0	100%			1	25%	0%	75%
France U-20	Rencontres amicales U-20	3		2	1	191	0	67%	1			67%	33%	0%
France U-20	Rencontres amicales U-20	1			1	90	0	100%				100%	0%	0%
France U-20	Tournoi de Toulon	4		4	1	282	3	100%				75%	0%	25%

2014/2015

Valenciennes

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Valenciennes	Ligue 2	9	8	2	569	34	67%	4	24%	1	22%	22%	56%
Valenciennes	French Cup	1		1	34	0	0%	1	25%		100%	0%	0%
VAFC B	Championnat de France Amateur 2	16	17	3	1440	0	100%			1	38%	50%	13%
France U-19	Rencontres amicales U-19	3		2	65	0	33%	2			33%	33%	33%

2013/2014

Valenciennes B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
VAFC B	Championnat de France Amateur 2	13					13	4	1170	0	100%		50%	1		38%	46%	15%

2012/2013

Total

Notes

Overall

63/100

Physical

11/20

Mental

10/20

Technical

10/20

Offense

8/20

Defense

12/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Central defender's Position World Ranking11

Central defender's Position National Ranking (Senegal)1

Rankings updated on 06/08/2026

Player's titles

Runner-ups

National 3	1	2015
CAF Nations Cup	1	2025
Maurice Revello Tournament	1	2016

Transfers

04/07/24 >	Lyon	31.9 M€
05/07/22 > 04/07/24	Nottingham	10 M€
07/07/18 > 05/07/22	Mainz	6 M€
22/06/17 > 07/07/18	Metz
01/07/14 > 22/06/17	Valenciennes
01/07/13 > 01/07/14	Valenciennes B
01/07/12 > 30/06/13	Boulogne/Mer U-19	Youth

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Player career by clubLast updated on 08/08/2026 at 04:35

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
France U-19	3				65			33%1	33%1	33%1
France U-20	8				563			88%7	75%6	13%1
France U-21	11				893			91%10	36%4	27%3
Lyon	85	1	2	7336	7336	8	1	95%81	51%43	28%24
Mainz	135	9	3	1305	11743	21	2	98%132	35%47	44%60
Metz	38		1		3375	8		97%37	21%8	58%22
Nottingham	37	1		2833	2833	5	1	84%31	27%10	57%21
Nottingham U-23	1				45			100%1	0%0	0%0
Senegal	35		1		2996	1		94%33	63%22	20%7
Senegal B	1				45			100%1	100%1	0%0
Valenciennes	78	1	4	5962	5962	13		82%64	23%18	40%31
VAFC B	33				2970	3		100%33	36%12	21%7

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
RB Leipzig	6	2	4	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	9	4	1	0
Hoffenheim	8	5	1	0
Bayern	7	2	1	0
Auxerre	7	2	1	0
Union Berlin	5	1	1	1
Bielefeld	4	2	1	0
Aston Villa	3	1	1	0
Mac. Tel-Aviv	1	1	1	0
Lens	9	2	0	1
Augsburg	8	2	0	0
Le Havre	8	3	0	0
Brest	8	1	0	0
Wolfsburg	8	2	0	0
Dortmund	8	1	0	0
M'gladbach	8	1	0	1
Hertha	8	4	0	0
Strasbourg	8	5	0	1
Nice	7	5	0	0
Angers	7	3	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Dortmund	8	6	16
Augsburg	8	6	14
Paris SG	6	5	20
Lens	9	5	13
Monaco	5	5	10
Brest	8	5	9
Bayern	7	5	21
Bayer	7	5	13
Wolfsburg	8	5	17
M'gladbach	8	5	17
Marseille	5	4	15
Clermont	5	4	8
Dijon	5	4	10
Tours	3	3	9
Man United	5	3	13
Newcastle	4	3	8
Stuttgart	6	3	10
Union Berlin	5	3	9
RB Leipzig	6	3	17
Sarreguemines	2	2	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2026/2027	Lyon	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2025/2026	Lyon	53%	28%	43	100%	0%	5	-
2024/2025	Lyon	48%	29%	42	67%	17%	6	-
2023/2024	Nottingham	26%	61%	23	19%	38%	21	Slightly positive
2022/2023	Nottingham	29%	50%	14	26%	45%	31	Slightly positive
2021/2022	Mainz	39%	39%	33	25%	50%	4	-
2020/2021	Mainz	32%	38%	34	0%	100%	2	-
2019/2020	Mainz	32%	56%	34	0%	100%	1	-
2018/2019	Mainz	35%	44%	34	50%	50%	2	-
2017/2018	Metz	21%	58%	38	0%	60%	5	-
2016/2017	Valenciennes	26%	32%	38	33%	67%	3	-
2015/2016	Valenciennes	17%	47%	30	58%	17%	12	Extremely negative
2014/2015	Valenciennes	30%	50%	10	30%	39%	33	-
2013/2014	VAFC B	38%	15%	13	15%	54%	13	Extremely positive
2012/2013	Boulogne/Mer U-19	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

He has won for the national team the last 4 at home matches

The player hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 7 at home matches

The player hasn't conceded any goal for the national team in any of the last 4 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 38 at home matches

He has played in the first 11 in Ligue 1 in each of the last 25 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 in Ligue 1 in each of the last 15 matches

The player has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 14 at home matches

He has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 21 matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Games	Score	First times
Valenciennes B
30/11/2013	Valenciennes B - Compiègne	0 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
22/02/2014	Épernay - Valenciennes B	0 - 2	First victory
Valenciennes
20/10/2014	Valenciennes - Dijon	0 - 3	First match with the club, first loss
07/11/2014	Arles-Avignon - Valenciennes	1 - 2	First victory
12/01/2015	Valenciennes - Sochaux	1 - 2	First start
16/12/2016	Auxerre - Valenciennes	1 - 1	First goal
Metz
12/08/2017	Bordeaux - Metz	2 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
18/08/2017	Metz - Monaco	0 - 1	First start
17/09/2017	Angers - Metz	0 - 1	First victory
Mainz
18/08/2018	Erzgebirge Aue - Mainz	1 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first red card
23/09/2018	Bayer - Mainz	1 - 0	First loss
03/05/2019	Mainz - RB Leipzig	3 - 3	First goal
23/01/2021	Mainz - RB Leipzig	3 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
Nottingham Forest
06/08/2022	Newcastle - Nottingham	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
14/08/2022	Nottingham - West Ham	1 - 0	First victory
01/10/2023	Nottingham - Brentford	1 - 1	First red card
24/02/2024	Aston Villa - Nottingham	4 - 2	First goal
Nottingham Forest U-23
14/08/2023	Nottingham U-23 - Middlesbrough U-23	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start
Lyon
18/08/2024	Rennes - Lyon	3 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
30/08/2024	Lyon - Strasbourg	4 - 3	First victory
27/11/2025	Mac. Tel-Aviv - Lyon	0 - 6	First goal
19/03/2026	Lyon - Celta Vigo	0 - 2	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 08/08/2026 at 02:51

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Ligue 1	Ligue 1	98			3	8590	96%94		38%37	20%20	42%41
French Cup	French Cup	9				754	89%8		56%5	22%2	22%2
Coupe de la Ligue	Coupe de la Ligue	4				329	75%3		25%1	25%1	50%2
Ligue 2	Ligue 2	72	1	5509	4	5509	83%60		22%16	39%28	39%28
National 3	National 3	33				2970	100%33		36%12	42%14	21%7
Premier League	Premier League	35	1	2623		2623	83%29	1	29%10	14%5	57%20
FA Cup	FA Cup	1				120	100%1			100%1
League Cup	League Cup	1				90	100%1				100%1
PL2D1	Premier League 2 - Division 1	1				45	100%1			100%1
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	128	9	1244	3	11192	98%126	1	34%44	20%26	45%58
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	7				551	86%6	1	43%3	29%2	29%2
Friendlies	Friendlies	10				772	90%9		60%6	10%1	30%3
World Cup	World Cup	4			1	390	100%4		25%1		75%3
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	8				740	100%8		63%5	25%2	13%1
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	8				688	100%8		63%5	38%3
RE	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	8				623	88%7		25%2	38%3	38%3
UEFA U-21 Championship	UEFA U-21 Championship
RU20	Rencontres amicales U-20	4				281	75%3		75%3	25%1
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	3				270	100%3		67%2	33%1
RU19	Rencontres amicales U-19	3				65	33%1		33%1	33%1	33%1
MRT	Maurice Revello Tournament	4				282	100%4		75%3		25%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	6				451	83%5		100%6
Europa League	Europa League	18	1	1491		1491	94%17	1	56%10	22%4	22%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2025/2026	Lyon	1	4	60	34	18	6	10	53	40
2024/2025	Lyon	1	6	57	34	17	6	11	65	46
2023/2024	Nottingham	1	17	32	38	9	9	20	49	67
2022/2023	Nottingham	1	16	38	38	9	11	18	38	68
2021/2022	Mainz	1	8	46	34	13	7	14	50	45
2020/2021	Mainz	1	12	39	34	10	9	15	39	56
2019/2020	Mainz	1	13	37	34	11	4	19	44	65
2018/2019	Mainz	1	12	43	34	12	7	15	46	57
2017/2018	Metz	1	20	26	38	6	8	24	34	76
2016/2017	Valenciennes	2	14	45	38	10	15	13	44	44
2015/2016	Valenciennes	2	12	44	38	10	14	14	39	43
2014/2015	Valenciennes	2	16	42	38	10	12	16	34	51
2013/2014	VAFC B	5	13	37	19	4	6	9	20	32

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
August 04, 2026	04/08		3rd round	Sparta Prague	2 - 1	Lyon	No data

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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Player's injuries

- Right thigh

Number of games missed : 14

August 20, 2022

90 Days of unavailability

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