Almamy Sogoba

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Almamy Sogoba (born 13 September 1987) is a Malian football goalkeeper.

He played for Djoliba AC until 2008. [1] He then moved to AS Real Bamako, where he became club captain, [2] and won the Malian Cup in 2010. [3]

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References

  1. Modibo Naman Traoré, Championnat national : LE RÉAL, UN EMPÊCHEUR DE TOURNER EN ROND Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine , L'Essor, 10 mai 2011
  2. Sadou Bocoum, AS Réal : La revanche de Almamy Sogoba, Le Soir de Bamako, 29 Décembre 2008 malijet.com [ permanent dead link ]
  3. (in English) José Batalha, Mali 2009/10 , RSSSF, 19 août 2010