Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ismaila Wafougossani Soro | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 May 1998||
Place of birth | Yakassé-Mé, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Riyadh | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2016 | Moossou | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Saxan | 22 | (0) |
2017 | Gomel | 15 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Bnei Yehuda | 53 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Celtic | 27 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → Arouca (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2023–2025 | Beitar Jerusalem | 55 | (3) |
2025– | Al-Riyadh | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2021 |
Ismaila Wafougossani Soro (born 7 May 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.
On 27 January 2020, Soro signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Celtic. [2] He joined the Scottish champions after representing Bnei Yehuda in the Israeli Premier League since 2018. [3] He scored his first goal for Celtic in a 3–0 win over Dundee United on 30 December 2020. [4]
On 1 September 2023, Soro joined Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem on a two-year contract.[ citation needed ]
On 18 August 2025, Soro joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer. [5]
Soro made his debut for Ivory Coast national team on 11 June 2021 in a friendly against Ghana. [6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saxan | 2016–17 | Moldovan National Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Gomel | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Bnei Yehuda | 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2018–19 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Total | 53 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 0 | ||
Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
Arouca | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Beitar Jerusalem | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
Career total | 173 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 213 | 4 |
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