Demba Thiam

Demba Thiam Ngagne, known as Demba Thiam (born 9 March 1998) is a Senegalese football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie C Group C club Foggia on loan from SPAL.

This article is about the Senegalese footballer. For the French footballer, see Demba Thiam (footballer, born 1989).
Demba Thiam
Personal information
Full name Demba Thiam Ngagne
Date of birth (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Foggia
(on loan from SPAL)
Number 20
Youth career
2016–2017 SPAL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– SPAL 36 (0)
2017–2018 → Fano (loan) 18 (0)
2019 → Viterbese Castrense (loan) 2 (0)
2023– → Foggia (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Club career

SPAL

He started playing for the Under-19 squad of SPAL in the 2016–17 season and made two bench appearances for the senior squad in the Serie B.[1]

Loan to Fano

On 17 July 2017, he was loaned to Serie C club Fano.[1] He made his Serie C debut for Fano on 16 December 2017 in a game against Fermana as a starter.[2] He remained Fano's first-choice goalkeeper for the remainder of the season.

Return to SPAL and loan to Viterbese Castrense

He was the third goalkeeper for the first part of the 2018–19 Serie A season, but did not see any playing time behind Alfred Gomis and Vanja Milinković-Savić. On 9 January 2019, he returned to Serie C on another loan, to Viterbese Castrense.[3]

He came back to SPAL at the end of loan, and he made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 home draw against Torino on 26 July 2020.[4]

In September 2022, Thiam renewed his contract with the club until 2025.[5]

Loan to Foggia

On 31 January 2023, Thiam joined Foggia on loan until the end of the season.[6]

References
  1. "DEMBA E EKLU IN PRESTITO ALL'ALMA JUVENTUS FANO 1906" (in Italian). SPAL. 17 July 2017.
  2. "game report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 December 2017.
  3. "MERCATOGIALLOBLU: DALLA SPAL ARRIVA IN PRESTITO IL PORTIERE DEMBA THIAM NGAGNE" (Press release) (in Italian). Viterbese Castrense. 9 January 2019.
  4. "Prodezza di Verdi e gol di D'Alessandro dopo 3 anni. Spal-Toro è 1-1, granata salvi" (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Demba Thiam ha esteso il suo contratto con la SPAL fino al 2025". Lo Spallino (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. "In rossonero arriva Thiam" (Press release) (in Italian). Foggia. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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