Casimir Ninga


Rodrigue Casimir Ninga is a Chadian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kuwaiti Premier League club Al-Tadamon and the Chad national team.

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. On 1 October 2016, Ninga scored a hat-trick for Montpellier against Dijon in the 3–3 Ligue 1 away draw.
On 8 August 2019, Ninga joined Ligue 1 club Angers SCO by signing a three-year contract. On 22 September 2019, he came on as a substitute in the 69th minute and scored a hat-trick in the 4–1 Ligue 1 home win over Saint-Étienne to enable Angers to take provisional second place in the Ligue 1 table.
On 27 August 2020, he went to Sivasspor on loan.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 12 July 2022, Ninga signed with Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until 2024. On 4 July 2023, he was announced by the management of Anorthosis that he had left the club.

Career statistics

International

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 2014Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad2–03–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.4 December 2014Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–12014 CEMAC Cup
3.7 December 2014Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02014 CEMAC Cup
4.9 December 2014Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02014 CEMAC Cup
5.14 December 2014Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea3–13–22014 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