Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Niort, France | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pau FC | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Youth career | |||
Niort | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Niort II | 31 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Niort | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Pau II | 2 | (1) |
2023– | Pau | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2023 | Mauritania U17 | 3 | (1) |
2024– | Mauritania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:26, 4 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 4 February 2024 (UTC) |
Oumar Ngom (born 9 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 2 club Pau FC.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
Having grown up between Tillou and Chef-Boutonne, Oumar Ngom went through the youth ranks of the Niort, starting to play with the reserve team in National 3 during the 2021–22 season.[2][3][4][5]
First appearing in the main team squad in early 2022,[5][6] he made his professional debut for Niort on 5 March 2022, replacing Nacim El Hassani at the 61st minute of a 0–1 Ligue 2 home loss to AC Ajaccio.[7]
On 9 July 2023, Ngom signed his first professional contract with Pau FC.[8]
Of Senegalese and Mauritanian descent—his father, Cheikh Ngom, was a Mauritania international in the '80s[9]—, he became a youth international for his father's country, playing the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification in 2021 and scoring a goal despite his team failing to reach the final tournament.[5][9]