Kalidiatou Niakaté

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Kalidiatou Niakaté
Niakaté in 2014
Personal information
Born (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 30)
Aubervilliers, France
Nationality French
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
Number 15
Youth career
Team
 Aubervilliers
–2011
 Châtenay-Malabry
2011–2014
 Issy-Paris Hand
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2017
 Issy-Paris Hand
2017–2019
 Nantes Handball
2019–2022
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2022–2023
 CSM București
2023–2024
 ŽRK Budućnost
2024–
 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014-
 France 61 (78)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2021 Spain
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Silver medal – second place 2020 Denmark

Kalidiatou Niakaté (born 15 March 1995) is a French handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the French national team.[1][2]

Career

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Niakaté started playing handball at Aubervilliers followed by Châtenay-Malabry, before moving to Issy-Paris Hand in 2011.

While playing for Issy-Paris Hand, her team placed second at the 2012/13 Cup Winners' Cup and 2013/14 Challenge Cup.[3] She also won the 2013 Coupe de la League and finished 2nd in the French league two years in a row in 2014 and 2015.[4]

In 2017 she joined Nantes Atlantique Handball.[5] In February 2019 she had to be operated in the Patellar tendon and was out for the rest of the season.[6]

The following season she joined Brest Bretagne Handball.[7] Here she won the 2021 French League and the Coupe de France.

In 2022 she joined Romanian team CSM București. In her single season at the club, she won the Romanian Championship and Cup double.[8]

Afterwards she joined Montenegrin side ŽRK Budućnost.[9] Here she also won the domestic double.

In 2024 she returned to France and rejoined Nantes.[10] When Neptunes de Nantes declared bankruptcy, she joined Danish side Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub.[11]

National team

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Niakaté made her debut for the French national team in October 2014.[12][13]

In her first major tournament, she was part of the French team that won the 2017 World Championship. She scored 12 goals during the tournament.[12][1]

In the following year she won gold medals at the 2018 European Championship.[7][2] She did however only participate in the preliminary round.[14]

At the 2020 European Championship, she won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.[15] She scored 15 goals during the tournament.[16]

She was then part of the French team that won gold medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[17] She scored 8 goals during the tournament.[18] The same year she won silver medals at the 2021 World Championship, once again losing to Norway in the final.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster - IHF
  2. ^ a b "2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ Kalidiatou Niakaté. eurohandball.com
  4. ^ "Portrait : Kalidiatou Niakaté, ce rêve Bleu" (in French). Archived from the original on 19 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Chavez et Niakaté arrivent à Nantes" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Nantes : saison terminée pour Kalidiatou Niakaté" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Transferts : Kalidiatou Niakaté (Nantes) file à Brest" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ^ "O campioană, europeană, mondială și olimpică a semnat cu CSM București! Bun venit, Kalidiatou!" (in Romanian). CSM București. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Ana-Katrin Gigerih četvrto pojačanje za narednu sezonu" (in Montenegrin). zrkb.me. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Kalidiatou Niakaté rejoint les Neptunes de Nantes" (in French). Neptunes de Nantes. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Kalidiatou Niakaté s'engage avec Nykobing" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Interview de Kalidiatou Niakaté" (in French). interviewsport.fr. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Hand (Golden League Dame) Danemark / France (direct 21h00) sur Canal Plus Sport !" (in French). sport-tv.org. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Frankreich mit Wechsel vor finaler Hauptrundenbegegnung" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Torhüterinnen dominieren Finale: Norwegen neuer Europameister" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Women's European Handball Championship" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ^ "16:4-Spurt im Finale der Handball-WM der Frauen: Norwegen krönt sich gegen Frankreich zum Weltmeister" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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