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.
Issa started his career at RS Yoff from Senegal, then played in Romania for various Liga I and Liga II clubs such as: VoinÃÂa Sibiu, FC CisnÃÂdie, Unirea Alba Iulia and ÃÂoimii 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 1âÂÂ0 defeat against Astra Giurgiu.
His cousin Malick Thiaw is a German-Finnish-Senegalese professional footballer for Newcastle United.