Frédéric Nimani

Burnley loan On 19 January 2010, it was reported that Nimani was set to move to Premier League Club Burnley on loan deal with a further view to buy the player for €4 million. After training with the club he signed on a five-month loan deal on 22 January 2010.

However, Nimani made two appearances for Burnley coming on for Chris Eagles on a 65 minutes in a 1–0 defeat against Bolton Wanderers and he came on as a replacement for David Nugent in Burnley's 5-2 defeat away at Aston Villa, subsequently becoming the first player from the Central African Republic to play in the Premier League. Following Burnley's relegation back to the Championship, after one season in the Premier League, Burnley did not take up a permanent move for Nimani.

Nantes loan Following his spell in England, Nimani joined French side Nantes on loan again for the rest of the season and never made appearance for Nantes. After AS Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Nimani scored his first goal in two years against Troyes in a 1–1 draw on 6 August 2011. Nimani made only made three appearances this season at AS Monaco after falling out with managers Laurent Banide and then Marco Simone.

PAOK loan On 30 January 2012, Nimani agreed to sign with Greek club PAOK until the end of the season. He signed with PAOK on loan from Monaco with a clause allowing PAOK to make the move permanent at the end of the 2011–2012 season. He was a personal choice of club's coach László Bölöni. Nimani debut for the club in a 2–0 win over OFI on 12 February 2012. Nimani made his Europa League debut in the second leg against Udinese in a 3–0 loss on 23 February 2012, putting PAOK out of the tournament. On 18 April 2012, Nimani scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Doxa Drama. After a loan at PAOK, the club did not take up a permanent move for Nimani.

Istres After his loan at PAOK ended, Nimani return to Monaco and he was barely used in the first team. In January, it announced that Nimani was expected to leave the club before Nimani was released by the club. Just a few days later after his release, Nimani joined Istres on a free transfer, until the end of the 2012–13 season. He made ten appearances for the club.

OFI At the end of the 2012–13 season, Nimani left the club and move abroad to Greece by joining OFI on a two-year deal.

Fribourg and Egersund In 2015, Nimani played for FC Fribourg.

Nimani had a short spell at the Norwegian side Egersunds IK. He made a partnership with Stian Koldal and Frode Egebakken. He made 24 appearances and produced 12 goals.

In September 2016, he returned to FC Fribourg.

Sant Julia In February 2021, Nimani signed for Andorran side Sant Julià.

Racing Besancon In July 2021, Nimani joined Racing Besançon in France.

SC Young Fellows Juventus

In January 2022, Nimani returned to Switzerland to sign for Young Fellows Juventus who play in the Swiss 1. Liga Promotion.

International career Nimani played eight times and scored two times with the France U21, but was eligible to play for both Chad and Central African Republic. He was called up for the first time to the latter selection and made his debut in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Guinea on 9 September 2018.

Personal life Nimani was born in Marseille and is of Chadian and Central African descent.

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