Baba Souare

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Baba Souare
Personal information
Full name Baba Oulen Souare
Date of birth (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Genève, Switzerland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2015–2017 Servette
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Servette 11 (0)
2017–2019 Servette U21 4 (1)
2019–2022 Grasshopper 10 (0)
2019–2022 Grasshopper U21 30 (2)
2020–2021 → Kriens (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2024 Servette 2 (0)
2022–2024 Servette U21 15 (3)
2024 Næstved 3 (0)
International career
2016 Switzerland U17 2 (0)
2016-2017 Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2018 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2019 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024

Baba Oulen Souare (born 7 March 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early years

Born in Genève, Switzerland, Souare started his career in the youth sector at Servette. [2]

Servette

Souare began his senior career in Switzerland with Servette. [3]

Grasshoppers

He transferred to Grasshopper Club Zurich on 29 March 2019. [4]

Loan to Kriens

Souare was loaned to Kriens for one year by Grasshoppers on 24 August 2020. [5] [6]

Return to Servette

Souare signed a three-year contract with Servette on 20 July 2022. [7] [8] Souare left Servette by mutual consent on 30 January 2024. [9]

Næstved

On 31 January 2024, Souare joined Danish 1st Division club Næstved Boldklub. [10] He left Næstved at the end of the season, which ended with relegation to the 2024-25 Danish 2nd Division. [11]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Souare is of Senegalese descent. [12] He has been capped at youth level for Switzerland. [13] [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 November 2022 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Servette 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 9000——90
2018–19 Swiss Challenge League201000—30
Total110100000120
Grasshopper 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League0000——00
2019–20 Swiss Challenge League1002000—120
2021–22 Swiss Super League 0000——00
Total100200000120
Kriens (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League11010——120
Servette 2022–23 Swiss Super League1010——20
Career total330500000380

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References

  1. ↑ "Baba Souare". sfl.ch.
  2. ↑ "Avec Baba Souare, Servette innove pour préparer l'avenir". tdg.ch. 4 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Baba Souare: "Je dois beaucoup au Servette FC et je veux y jouer"". www.tdg.ch. 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Innenverteidiger Baba Souare hat seinen Verein Servette Genf zum Ende der Transferfrist verlassen und schließt sich ab sofort den Grashoppers aus Zürich an. Er unterschrieb hierzu am Zürichsee einen Vertrag bis 2023 und sieht nun seinen Einsätzen beim Schweizer Rekordmeister optimistisch entgegen. Wir gratulieren Baba zu diesem nächsten hofnungsvollen Karriere-Schritt und wünschen ihm viel Glück am Letzigrund". signature-iscm.com (in German). 9 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Liridon Mulaj und Baba Souare wechseln zum SC Kriens". luzernerzeitung.ch. 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "SC Kriens verpflichtet Liridon Mulaj und Baba Souare". pilatustoday.ch. 29 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "BABA SOUARE DE RETOUR AU SERVETTE FC". Servette .
  8. ↑ "Transfer fix: Baba Souare wechselt von GC zu Servette". 4-4-2.com. 20 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "RÉSILIATION DU CONTRAT DE BABA SOUARE" [TERMINATION OF BABA SOUARE'S CONTRACT] (in French). Servette. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ↑ NY SIGNING BABA SOUARE, naestvedboldklub.dk, 31 January 2024
  11. ↑ Næstved henter Kisum – ophæver med Souare, bold.dk, 18 June 2024
  12. ↑ "Baba Souare". weltfussball.de.
  13. ↑ "Baba Souare". soccerway.com.
  14. ↑ "Italy U20 - Switzerland U20". sofascore.com. 18 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Baba Souare". footballdatabase.com.
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