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]
 Ninga with Montpellier in July 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigue Casimir Ninga | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1993 | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2021 | → Sivasspor (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Anorthosis | 27 | (5) |
| 2023– | Sumgayit | 28 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011– | Chad | 29 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
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