Issa Thiaw

For the historian and theologian, see Issa Laye Thiaw.

Mame Seydina Issa Laye Thiaw (born 12 October 1992), commonly known as Issa Thiaw, is a Senegalese professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of Finnish club Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in Ykkönen.^[1][2][3]

Issa Thiaw

Personal information
Full name	Mame Seydina Issa Laye Thiaw
Date of birth	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Yoff, Senegal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	MP (manager)
Youth career
	Diambars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	RS Yoff	?	(?)
2012	Voința Sibiu	0	(0)
2012	FC Cisnădie	0	(0)
2013	Unirea Alba Iulia	?	(?)
2014–2016	Șoimii Pâncota	46	(6)
2016–2017	Sepsi OSK	37	(8)
2018	Ilves	27	(7)
2019–2020	KuPS	12	(2)
Managerial career
2021–2022	KuPS (U19 assistant)
2022	KuPS II
2023	KuPS (assistant)
2024–	MP
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Issa started his career at RS Yoff from Senegal, then played in Romania for various Liga I and Liga II clubs such as: Voința Sibiu, FC Cisnădie, Unirea Alba Iulia and Șoimii Pâncota. After a Liga I promotion with Sepsi OSK, he made his debut with Sepsi Osk in the first league on 16 July 2017, in a 0-1 defeat against Astra Giurgiu.