Abdoulaye Soulama

Suleimana Sulan
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Soulama Traore
Date of birth November 29, 1979 (1979-11-29) (age 32)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Asante Kotoko
Number 16
Youth career
1994-1997 ASFA Yennega
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-2000 ASFA Yennega -
2000-2002 Denizlispor[1] 25 (0)
2002-2003 CA Batna -
2003-2006 ASF Bobo-Dioulasso -
2006-2007 ASFA Yennega -
2007- Asante Kotoko -
National team
1997-2007 Burkina Faso 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 28, 2008

Abdoulaye Soulama (born 29 November 1979 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé football player who currently plays for Asante Kotoko.

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Career

At 2001-2002 football season, Soulama played for Turkish side Denizlispor. He played successful matches at the club which made it UEFA Cup that season. Unfortunately he had some rows with other players. Some Turkish players, including team captain Tolunay Kafkas, wanted coach Sakip Ozberk to give the uniform to Turkish substitute Suleyman Kucuk. At cup match again Fenerbahçe SK, Tolunay punched Soulama in the face and got red card. After reducing 10 man, Denizlispor managed beat their opponent 2-1, at the end of the season Soulama left the club.

In August 2007, Soulama joined Ghanaian side Asante Kotoko.[2]

Career:

International career

He was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Honours

On 5 July 2008 was nominated as Goalkeeper of the Year 2008 in Ghana.[3]

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