Casimir Ninga

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Casimir Ninga
Ninga with Montpellier in July 2016
Personal information
Full name Rodrigue Casimir Ninga
Date of birth (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Mandoul, Chad
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sumgayit
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Renaissance (12)
2013–2015 Mangasport
2015–2018 Montpellier 64 (13)
2018–2019 Caen 34 (6)
2019–2022 Angers 33 (3)
2020–2021Sivasspor (loan) 16 (0)
2022–2023 Anorthosis 27 (5)
2023– Sumgayit 14 (3)
International career
2011– Chad 29 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Rodrigue Casimir Ninga (Arabic: كازيمير نينقا; born 17 May 1993) is a Chadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sumgayit and the Chad national team.[1]

Club career

Ninga was born in Mandoul, a region located in the southern part of Chad. Ninga was the top goalscorer of the Gabon Championnat National D1 in the 2013–14 season. He also won two consecutive Gabon Championnat National D1 titles with Mangasport in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.

In the summer of 2015, Ninga signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC, where he registered 7 goals and 4 assists in 26 Ligue 1 matches in his first season.[2] On 1 October 2016, Ninga scored a hat-trick for Montpellier against Dijon in the 3–3 Ligue 1 away draw.[3]

On 8 August 2019, Ninga joined Ligue 1 club Angers SCO by signing a three-year contract.[4] On 22 September 2019, he came on as a substitute in the 69th minute and scored a hat-trick (and his first Ligue 1 goal for Angers) in the 4–1 Ligue 1 home win over Saint-Étienne to enable Angers to take provisional second place in the Ligue 1 table.[5]

On 27 August 2020, he went to Sivasspor on loan.[6][7]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 12 July 2022, Ninga signed with Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until 2024.[8] On July 4, 2023, he was announced by the management of Anorthosis that he is a past member of the team.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 June 2023
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Montpellier 2015–16 Ligue 1 26 7 1 0 0 0 27 7
2016–17 9 5 9 5
2017–18 29 1 3 2 2 1 34 4
Total 64 13 4 2 2 1 70 16
Caen 2018–19 Ligue 1 33 6 2 2 1 0 36 8
2019–20 Ligue 2 1 0 1 0
Total 34 6 2 2 1 0 37 8
Angers 2019–20 Ligue 1 16 3 1 0 0 0 17 3
2020–21 1 0 1 0
2021–22 16 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
Total 33 3 2 0 0 0 35 3
Sivasspor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 16 0 2 0 4 0 22 0
Anorthosis 2022–23 Cyta Championship 27 5 2 0 29 5
Career total 174 27 12 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 193 32

International goals

Scores and results list Chad's goal tally first.[2]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 May 2014 Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad  Malawi 2–0 3–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 4 December 2014 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Congo 1–0 1–1 2014 CEMAC Cup
3. 7 December 2014 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Gabon 1–0 1–0 2014 CEMAC Cup
4. 9 December 2014 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea 1–0 1–0 2014 CEMAC Cup
5. 14 December 2014 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Congo 3–1 3–2 2014 CEMAC Cup
  • Note: Matches of the 2014 CEMAC Cup were not FIFA official matches, thus the goals from these matches are not counted as official.

Honours

Chad

References

  1. ^ Casimir Ninga at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Casimir Ninga". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ "MATCH STATS DIJON FCO – MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC". Ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  4. ^ "Transferts : Casimir Ninga (Caen) rejoint Angers (officiel)". L'Équipe. 9 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Ninga stars as Angers go second". Ligue 1. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019.
  6. ^ "CASIMIR NINGA PRÊTÉ À SIVASSPOR" (Press release) (in French). Angers. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Casimir Ninga Demir Grup Sivasspor'umuzda" (Press release) (in Turkish). Sivasspor. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασιας με Casimir Ninga". 12 July 2022.
  9. ^ https://anorthosisfc.com.cy/2023/07/lysi-synergasias-me-casimir-ninga/
  10. ^ "Chad, campeón de la IX edición de la Copa CEMAC – Página Oficial del Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial". guineaecuatorialpress.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16.