Souleymane Sawadogo

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+1⁄2 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

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

Club career

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+1⁄2-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

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

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

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.