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Sikou Niakaté

Sporting Braga Centre Back Age 27 Height 186 cm Left foot Mali
Injured · Achilles tendon rupture · 24 missed

Deployed as Centre Back in 10 of last 10 starts

29% of team minutes · 1407 minutes, 17 starts in 54 team matches 30th percentile
0 + 0 goals and assists · 0.00 per 90 · 0% of team goals 0th percentile
6.99 average rating over 17 rated matches 90th percentile
33 games missed in the last 12 months · 2 spells (2 injuries) out now · Achilles tendon rupture
Wins his duelsAerial presenceKeeps the ball Rarely involved in goalsRarely scores

DNA strand · vs Liga Portugal defenders (n = 100) · 1407 minutes · hollow tick = rank across all covered leagues

Overall

Rating 6.99 90 Goals + assists /90 0.00 0 Share of team minutes 29% 30 Cards /90 0.19 63 Fouls /90 1.02 66

Defence

Defensive actions /90 7.74 59 Tackles /90 1.15 24 Tackle success 50% 20 Interceptions /90 0.70 20 Clearances /90 5.50 75 Blocked shots /90 0.38 39 Recoveries /90 3.33 45 Duel success 67% 97 Aerials won /90 3.39 95 Aerial success 83% 57 Dribbled past /90 0.32 64 Errors /90 0.00 64 Possession lost /90 6.72 91

On the ball

Passes /90 62.56 86 Pass accuracy 90% 91 Final-third passes /90 4.99 53 Accurate crosses /90 0.06 45 Long balls won /90 1.66 34

Threat

Goals /90 0.00 0 xG /90 0.07 88 Chances created /90 0.32 34 Key passes /90 0.26 32

Each rung is a percentile among Liga Portugal defenders over the same window (1 = best on every axis, so fewer cards or errors reads as a high rung). Rates need 270 minutes with detailed stats; ratios need a volume floor. Grey rungs are below their gate.

Started record · Sporting Braga results by his involvement

17 matches · 10–4–3 · 2.0 ppg · 1.35 scored, 0.65 conceded per game · 1407 minutes

Team 2.0 ppg when he starts (17) v 1.84 when he does not (37)

"Not in squad" counts the club's matches with lineup coverage while he was listed at the club. A record, not an effect.

Last 20 appearances anywhere, newest first.

365-day average 6.99 6.86.57.16.96.96.76.97.16.77.66.97.07.07.26.56.97.47.27.46.6
DateMatchPosMinGAxGShKPRating
2026-04-08 D 1–1 v Real Betis · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.04 1.0 0.0 6.6
2026-04-04 W 1–0 at Moreirense · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.2 1.0 0.0 7.4
2026-03-22 L 1–2 v Porto · Liga Portugal Centre Back 63 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2
2026-03-18 W 4–0 v Ferencvárosi · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.04 1.0 0.0 7.4
2026-03-12 L 0–2 at Ferencvárosi · Europa League Centre Back 62 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9
2026-01-22 W 1–0 v Nottingham Forest · Europa League Centre Back 46 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5
2026-01-18 W 1–0 at Tondela · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.2
2025-12-15 W 1–0 v Santa Clara · Liga Portugal Centre Back 83 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
2025-12-11 W 1–0 at Nice · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
2025-12-06 W 2–1 at Famalicão · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.2 2.0 0.0 6.9
2025-12-01 W 4–0 at Arouca · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.07 2.0 1.0 7.6
2025-11-27 D 1–1 at Rangers · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7
2025-11-09 W 2–1 v Moreirense · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.25 1.0 1.0 7.1
2025-10-05 D 1–1 at Sporting CP · Liga Portugal Centre Back 73 0.05 1.0 1.0 6.9
2025-09-28 L 0–1 v Nacional · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7
2025-09-24 W 1–0 v Feyenoord · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9
2025-09-20 D 1–1 at Vitória Guimarães · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.25 2.0 0.0 6.9
2025-09-14 L 0–1 v Gil Vicente · Liga Portugal Centre Back 90 0.27 2.0 1.0 7.1
2025-08-21 W 4–0 at Lincoln Red Imps · Europa League Centre Back 90 – – – 6.5
2025-08-14 W 2–0 v CFR Cluj · Europa League Centre Back 90 0.02 1.0 0.0 6.8

xG and shots need detailed match coverage; a dash means the match had none.

Sporting Braga

SeasonAppsStartsMinGAxGRatingTop scorersAssists
2026/2027 · Liga Portugal current 0 0 0 0 0 – – – –
2026/2027 · Europa Conference League current 0 0 0 0 0 – – – –
2025/2026 · Liga Portugal 11 11 939 31% 0 0 1.3 7.08 91th – –
2025/2026 · Europa League 12 11 928 51% 0 0 0.1 6.71 62th – –

Rating percentile is within the domestic league and position for that season. Top-scorer and assist ranks come from the provider's season leaderboards where the competition publishes them.

Transfers · 9 moves · €2.5m in fees

  1. 1 Jul 2023 Transfer Guingamp → Sporting Braga Centre Back
  2. 30 Jun 2023 End of loan Sporting Braga → Guingamp Defender
  3. 1 Jul 2022 Loan Guingamp → Sporting Braga Centre Back
  4. 30 Jun 2022 End of loan Metz → Guingamp Defender
  5. 12 Aug 2021 Loan Guingamp → Metz Defender
  6. 30 Jun 2019 End of loan Valenciennes → Guingamp Defender
  7. 31 Aug 2018 Loan Guingamp → Valenciennes Defender
  8. 30 Aug 2018 Transfer Valenciennes → Guingamp €2.5m Centre Back
  9. 29 Nov 2017 Transfer Valenciennes II → Valenciennes Defender

Injuries and suspensions · 8 spells · 7 injuries · 60 games missed

  • injury Achilles tendon rupture at Sporting Braga 9 Apr 2026 → ongoing 24 missed · 162 days
  • injury Unknown Injury at Sporting Braga 20 Jan 2026 → 9 Mar 2026 9 missed · 48 days
  • injury Unknown Injury at Sporting Braga 1 Feb 2025 → 12 Mar 2025 7 missed · 39 days
  • suspension Indirect Card Suspension at Sporting Braga 24 Oct 2024 → 8 Nov 2024 3 missed · 15 days
  • injury Muscular problems at Sporting Braga 15 Aug 2024 → 27 Aug 2024 4 missed · 12 days
  • injury Unknown Injury at Sporting Braga 16 Oct 2022 → 24 Oct 2022 2 missed · 8 days
  • injury Unknown Injury at Sporting Braga 7 Sep 2022 → 29 Sep 2022 4 missed · 22 days
  • injury Muscular problems at Metz 4 Oct 2021 → 2 Dec 2021 7 missed · 59 days

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