Seydouba Soumah

Seydouba Soumah
Soumah with Nitra in 2012
Personal information
Full name Seydouba Guinéenne Soumah
Date of birth (1991-06-11) 11 June 1991
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
(on loan from Partizan)
Number 18
Youth career
Fello Star
2006–2008 Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Ajax Cape Town 10 (1)
2008–2009 → iKapa Sporting (loan) 13 (3)
2009–2010 → F.C. Cape Town (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 → University of Pretoria (loan) 11 (9)
2012–2013 Nitra 22 (6)
2013–2017 Slovan Bratislava 83 (30)
2015–2016 → Qadsia SC (loan) 20 (14)
2017– Partizan 26 (3)
2018– → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2013– Guinea 27 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Seydouba Guinéenne Soumah (born 11 June 1991) is a Guinean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa on loan from Partizan and the Guinea national football team.

Club career

Ajax Cape Town

Seydouba Soumah made his professional debut for Ajax Cape Town on 22 January 2011 in a 3–0 win against Platinum Stars at Moruleng Stadium in Moruleng, North West Province. Seydouba, now into his fourth year at Ajax, was acquired by Ajax Cape Town after being spotted and recruited to the mother city club as a 15-year-old kid from the streets of the West African country. The Guinean teenager was promoted from the youth ranks to perform with the club's first team at the start of the 2010–11 season, making his PSL debut after two loan spells in the National First Division at iKapa Sporting and F.C. Cape Town.[1] Following his loan spells, Seydouba Soumah made his debut for Ajax Cape Town during the 2010–11 season, appearing in ten matches and scoring once to help the Urban Warriors secure a second-place finish in the league table that season.[2][3] Following his debut with Ajax, Seydouba Soumah was transferred to the University of Pretoria, playing in the National First Division once more.[4]

FC Nitra

In February 2012, he joined Slovak club FC Nitra and signed contract for 3 years.[5] On 9 March 2012, he made his debut for FC Nitra against MŠK Žilina. He scored his first goal on 7 April 2012 against AS Trenčín.

Slovan Bratislava

On 3 December 2012, Slovak club ŠK Slovan Bratislava announced that the club had signed Soumah to a four and half-year contract.[6] The transfer fee was €150.000. He made his debut for on 16 March against FK Dukla Banská Bystrica, entering in as a substitute in place of Erik Grendel.[7] In his first season in Slovkia, he won the double. He scored his first goal on 4 August 2013 against Spartak Myjava.[8] On 2 October 2014, Soumah made his UEFA Europa League debut against SSC Napoli.[9] He scored his first UEFA Europa League goal on 27 November, against Young Boys.[10]

Qadsia SC (loan)

In July 2015, it was officially announced that Soumah would join Kuwait Premier League club Qadsia SC on loan.[11] He scored 14 goals in 20 matches and won the title.

2016–17 season: Return to Slovan

After a season spent in Kuwait on loan, Soumah returned to Slovan in June 2016. His first game for Slovan after one year was against Partizani Tirana in first qualifying round for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League on 28 June.[12] On 17 July, Soumah scored his first goal in the season, netting the winner in a 1–0 away victory over Senica.[13] On 20 November, Soumah scored twice for six minutes in a 2–1 home league victory over Ružomberok.[14] Three days later, Soumah signed a contract which would keep him at the club until the summer of 2020.[15] On 19 February, in the first match in 2017, Soumah scored a brace in a 2–0 away win against Tatran Prešov.[16] In next round, Soumah scored the opening goal and later assisted to Tamás Priskin in Slovan's 4–3 home league victory over Trenčín.[17] On 1 May, Soumah scored a goal against MFK Skalica in 2017 Slovnaft Cup Final.[18] On 27 May, in last match of the season, he scored a twice in a 3–1 away win against Zemplín Michalovce.[19]

Soumah finished the season as the league's top scorer (with 20 goals) together with Filip Hlohovský. He was also named in the league's best eleven due to his performances in the season.[20]

Partizan

Soumah vs Dynamo Kiev

On 18 July 2017, Soumah signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Partizan and was given the number 20 shirt.[21] It was the third ever highest sell in the history of Slovan because Partizan paid 1.650.000 euros.[22] On 22 July 2017, Soumah made his competitive debut, coming off the bench in a second-half against Mačva Šabac in a 6–1 home league win.[23] A week later, Soumah scored his first goal for Partizan, against Javor in a 2–1 home league victory.[24]

On 2 August 2017, Soumah scored in a 2–2 draw at Karaiskakis Stadium against Olympiacos in the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League.[25]

Maccabi Haifa

On 14 September 2018, Soumah joined Israeli side Maccabi Haifa on a one-year loan deal with an option to make the move permanent. [26]

International career

On 9 June 2013, he made his debut for Guinea against Mozambique. He played 85 minutes without goal and was substituted by A.Bangoura. Seydouba scored his first international goal on 10 September 2013, against Egypt. On 15 November 2014, he scored his first international hattrick against Togo.

In January 2015, was announced Guinean final squad for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and Seydouba was in it among the stars as Kévin Constant, Ibrahima Traoré or Kamil Zayatte. On 24 January 2015, Seydouba made his first ever match on the Africa Cup of Nations. It was game against Cameroon. He played until 66 minute without goal and then he was replaced by Naby Keïta.

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.[27]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2013El Gouna Stadium, El-Gouna, Egypt Egypt2–22–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.5 September 2014Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco Togo1–02–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.15 November 2014Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo2–04–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.3–0
5.4–0
6.19 November 2014Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco Uganda2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.13 November 2016Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea DR Congo1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.9 September 2018Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Central African Republic1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Statistics

Club Season LeagueCup Continental Total
Apps Goals AppsGoals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax Cape Town 2010–11 10 1 0 0 –– 10 1
Nitra 2011–12 13 2 0 0 –– 13 2
2012–13 9 4 0 0 9 4
Total 22 6 0 0 –– 22 4
Slovan Bratislava 2012–13 11 0 0 0 –– 11 0
2013–14 21 2 3 1 1 0 25 3
2014–15 22 8 1 0 10 1 33 9
2016–17 29 20 7 5 3 0 39 25
Total 83 30 11 6 14 1 108 37
Al Qadsia (loan) 2015–16 20 14 0 0 2 1 22 15
Partizan 2017–18 22 3 1 0 8 2 31 5
2018–19 2 0 0 0 3 1 5 1
Maccabi Haifa 2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 3 1 0 11 3 36 6
Total 159 54 12 6 25 4 196 64

Honours

Club

ŠK Slovan Bratislava,
Qadsia SC,
Partizan

Individual

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Seydouba Soumah". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Seydouba Soumah statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ajax Cape Town statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "University of Pretoria". Soccerladuma.co.za. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Soumah na tri roky do FC Nitra 18 February 2012, profutbal.sk
  6. ↑ Hriešnik Seydouba Soumah novou posilou Slovana Bratislava! 03.12.2013, sport.aktuality.sk
  7. ↑ Soumah debutoval za Slovan, Profutbal.sk, vyd. 18. 3. 2013 (in Slovak)
  8. ↑ ŠK Slovan Bratislava - TJ Spartak Myjava 5:0, eurofotbal.cz, cit. 4 August 2013 (in Slovak)
  9. ↑ Hamšík the Napoli hero as Slovan sunk 2 November 2014, uefa.com
  10. ↑ Kubo strikes twice as Young Boys beat Slovan 27 November 2014, uefa.com
  11. ↑ Soumah odchádza zo Slovana do Kuvajtu, SME.sk, cit. 27 July 2015 (in Slovak)
  12. ↑ "Partizani Tirana 0–0 Slovan Bratislava". skysports.com. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "FK Senica - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0:1". eurofotbal.cz. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "ŠK Slovan Bratislava - MFK Ružomberok 2:1". eurofotbal.cz. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "Seydouba Soumah a Boris Sekulič s novými štvorročnými zmluvami". skslovan.com. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "1. FC Tatran Prešov - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0:2". eurofotbal.cz. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "ŠK Slovan v parádnom šlágri porazil Trenčín a opäť stiahol Žilinu". sport.aktuality.sk. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Radosť v tábore "belasých", Slovan ovládol Slovnaft Cup!". profutbal.sk. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Víťazná rozlúčka so sezónou". skslovan.com. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Jedenástku Fortuna ligy ovládli Žilinčania, objavom sezóny Šafrankozdroj".
  21. ↑ "Sejduba Suma stigao u Partizan!". partizan.rs (in Serbian). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "POTPISAO: Suma Partizanov do 2020. za 1.650.000 evra!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  23. ↑ "Partizan 'šesticom' najavio dolazak Olimpijakosa". B92 (in Serbian). 22 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "Uzbudljivo u Humskoj, Suma i Đurđević za pobedu!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  25. ↑ "Partizan ispao, ali pokazao klasu u Pireju". B92 (in Serbian). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  26. ↑ "ירוק חדש: סומא חתם לעונה" [New Green: Soumah signed for the season] (in Hebrew). Maccabi Haifa. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  27. ↑ "Soumah, Seydouba". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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