Souleymane Sawadogo (born 9 January 1993) is a Burkinabé professional football player, who plays for French Championnat National 2 club US Granville.[1]

Souleymane Sawadogo
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
US Granville
Youth career
0000–2012 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Auxerre B 31 (12)
2013–2014 Auxerre 22 (0)
2014–2016 Clermont 20 (2)
2016–2017 Châteauroux 16 (1)
2018–2019 Levadiakos 34 (2)
2020 Gazélec Ajaccio 8 (0)
2020–2021 US Créteil 27 (0)
2022– Granville 19 (6)
International career
2018 Burkina Faso 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 October 2018

Club career

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Sawadogo made his Ligue 2 debut with AJ Auxerre at 9 August 2013 against Nîmes Olympique.[2] In 2014, he joined Clermont Foot. On 22 December he signed a 2+12-year contract with Greek Superleague club Levadiakos for an undisclosed fee. It was his first time in his career that will play in the highest level.[3] On 14 April 2018, he scored with an astonishing effort helping his club to win 1-0 rivals Asteras Tripoli. It was his first goal with the club.[4]

Sawadogo returned to France with Gazélec Ajaccio in January 2020, and then moved to US Créteil-Lusitanos in June 2020.[5] He was released at the end of the season, and spent six months without a club, before signing for US Granville in early February 2022.[6]

International career

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Sawadogo made his debut for the Burkina Faso national football team in a 1-0 friendly win over Cameroon national football team on 27 May 2018.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 29 October 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre II 2011–12 CFA 1 0 1 0
2012–13 22 2 22 2
2013–14 CFA 2 8 7 8 7
Total 31 9 31 9
Auxerre 2013–14 Ligue 2 22 0 2 0 3 0 27 0
Clermont II 2014–15 CFA 2 5 0 5 0
2015–16 7 1 7 1
Total 12 1 12 1
Clermont 2014–15 Ligue 2 18 2 1 1 3 1 22 4
2015–16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 20 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 24 4
Châteauroux 2016–17 National 16 1 1 0 0 0 17 1
Levadiakos 2017–18 Superleague 9 1 9 1
2018–19 Superleague 25 1 3 0 28 1
Total 34 2 3 0 37 2
Gazélec Ajaccio 2019–20 National 8 0 8 0
Créteil 2020–21 National 27 0 2 2 29 2
Granville 2021–22 National 2 12 4 0 0 12 4
2022–23 National 2 7 2 1 1 8 3
Total 19 6 1 1 20 7
Career total 189 21 10 4 6 1 0 0 205 26

References

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  1. ^ Souleymane Sawadogo at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Auxerre vs. Nïmes - 9 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Επίσημο: Ανακοινώθηκε ο Σαβαντογκό από τον Λεβαδειακό". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Λεβαδειακός - Αστέρας Τρίπολης 1-0: Σε τροχιά Ευρώπης οι Βοιωτοί". www.onsports.gr. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Un International Burkinabé rejoint Créteil!" (in French). actufoot.com. 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Football. N2. Souleymane Sawadogo signe à l'US Granville" (in French). Ouest France. 2 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Duarte après Burkina # Cameroun (1-0): " Cette victoire valorise la qualité des jeunes "". 27 May 2018.
  8. ^ "S. Sawadogo". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 November 2022.