Soumaila Tassembedo

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Soumaila Tassembedo
Personal information
Full name Soumaila Tassembedo
Date of birth (1983-11-27) 27 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Peni-Houet, Upper Volta
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–1999 Etoile Filante Ouagadougou
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Etoile Filante Ouagadougou 23 (1)
2004–2008 FC Sheriff Tiraspol 44 (1)
2009–2013 Etoile Filante Ouagadougou
International career
2002–2008 Burkina Faso[1] 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Soumaila Tassembedo (born 27 November 1983 in Peni-Houet) is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou.

Career[edit]

Tassembedo played for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou between 2004 joined than to Sheriff Tiraspol,[2] here played between June 2008 than left Moldova after three and a half year. In January 2009 was on trial at Alemannia Aachen,[3] but the transfer failed and he signed for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou.

International career[edit]

Tassembedo was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He also featured at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Soumaila's younger brother Jean-Yves plays in Italy for Associazione Sportiva Virtus Malgrate Valmadrera.[5]

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