M'Baye Hamady Niang was born on 19 December, 1994  in Meulan, a commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region, to Senegalese parents. He is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Torino and the Senegal national football team. Niang joined Caen's youth academy at the age of 13 after excelling at a trial, in which he scored a hat-trick.