Amadou Soukouna

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Amadou Soukouna
Personal information
Full name Amadou Soukouna
Date of birth (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bangkok United
Number 94
Youth career
2000–2008 Fontenay-sous-Bois
2008–2010 Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Toulouse 5 (1)
2012–2013Luzenac (loan) 31 (4)
2013–2015 Toulouse II 19 (1)
2016 Vereya 27 (6)
2017 Levski Sofia 10 (1)
2017 Cherno More 8 (0)
2018–2020 Hapoel Petah Tikva 52 (22)
2020–2021 Hapoel Kfar Saba 40 (3)
2021–2023 Maritzburg United 46 (11)
2023– Bangkok United 3 (0)
International career
2011 France U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:34, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Amadou Soukouna (born 21 June 1992) is a professional French footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Thai League 1 club Bangkok United. He was a French youth international having played at under-19 level.[3]

Career[edit]

Soukouna made his professional debut for Toulouse on 13 November 2010 in a league match against Montpellier in a 1–0 defeat.[4] In the following week, he appeared as a first-half substitute in a 1–0 loss to Marseille.[5][6]

On 7 April 2016, Soukouna signed with a Bulgarian club, Vereya.[7] In January 2017, he was sold to Levski Sofia where he signed for 2.5 years.[8] On 12 September 2017, he moved to Cherno More as free agent.[9] Soukouna made his debut on 16 September in a 0–1 home defeat against CSKA Sofia, coming on as substitute for Atanas Zehirov.[10] On 9 December 2017, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[11] In August 2018, Soukouna joined Israeli team Hapoel Petah Tikva, remaining with the club until the end of 2019.[2] In 2021, Soukouna joined South African club Maritzburg United

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2017/2018" (in Bulgarian). Cherno More official website. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b ""Amadou Soukouna - profil du joueur"" (in French). fff.fr. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Soukouna avec l'équipe de France U19". Allez TFC (in French). 26 January 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Montpellier v. Toulouse Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 13 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Toulouse v. Marseille Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Amadou Soukouna plongédans la tourmente du TFC". 20 Minutes (in French). 22 November 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  7. ^ "ФК Верея привлече нападател от Тулуза" (in Bulgarian). fcvereya.bg. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Сукуна вече е на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Миланов и Сукуна подписаха с Черно море" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. ^ "В луд мач на Тича ЦСКА издави "моряците" точно пред кея" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Черно море и Сукуна се разделиха" [Cherno More and Soukouna parted ways] (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 9 December 2017.

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