Salifou Soumah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Malmö FF | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2021 | AS Kaloum | ||
| 2021–2022 | Yerköyspor | ||
| 2022–2023 | Le Havre | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Le Havre B (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Zira | 69 | (17) |
| 2025– | Malmö FF | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Guinea U23 | 5 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 July 2023 | |||
Salifou Soumah (born 3 October 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Malmö FF.
Early life
Soumah was born on 3 October 2003 in Guinea. Growing up, he regarded Germany international Leroy Sané as his football idol.[1]
Club career
Soumah started his career with Guinean side AS Kaloum Star. Subsequently, he signed for Turkish side Yerköyspor in 2021. Following his stint there, he signed for French side Le Havre in 2022, where he made one league appearance and scored zero goals.
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, he signed for Azerbaijani side Zira, where he made sixty-nine league appearances and scored seventeen goals. Two years later, he signed for Swedish side Malmö FF.[2]
International career
Soumah is a Guinea youth international. During the summer of 2023, he played for the Guinea national under-23 football team at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.
Style of play
Soumah plays as a winger or forward and is right-footed. African news website Carréfoot wrote in 2025 that he "displays impressive technical maturity. His explosiveness, combined with excellent reading of the game, makes him an increasingly sought-after player, particularly for his adaptability to different playing styles".[3]
References
- ^ "Salifou Soumah: "I gave everything for Zira"". Offsideplus. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Salifou Soumah at Soccerway
- ^ "Salifou Soumah, la pépite du Zira FK qui affole l'Europe" [Salifou Soumah, the Zira FK nugget who is driving Europe crazy] (in French). Carréfoot. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.