Mohamed Soumah

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Mohamed Soumah
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Soumah in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Gent
Number 38
Youth career
Kaloum
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Kaloum 0 (0)
2022–2023FC Ouest Tourangeau (loan) 1 (0)
2022–2023Avoine OCC (loan) 1 (0)
2023–2024Jong Gent (loan) 24 (1)
2024– Jong Gent 31 (1)
2025– Gent 2 (0)
International career
2023–2024 Guinea U23 11 (2)
2025– Guinea 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Mohamed Soumah (born 15 March 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Gent and the Guinea national team.

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Career

Soumah is a product of the academy of the Guinean club Kaloum. He began his career on loan with the French Championnat National 3 club FC Ouest Tourangeau in 2022, and the following year had a loan in the Championnat National 3 with Avoine OCC. [1] On 16 August 2023, he joined Gent on loan where he was assigned to their reserves. [2] On 8 January 2025, he signed a 3-year contract with the senior Gent team. [3] He debuted with the senior Gent team in a 3–1 Belgian Pro League loss to Union Saint-Gilloise on 25 May 2025. [4]

Internaitonal career

Soumah was called up to the Guinea U23s for the 2024 Olympic Games. [5] He was called up to the Guinea national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September 2025. [6]

References

  1. "National 3 M : à Chambray, Mohamed Soumah a l'opportunité de s'affirmer". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 31 July 2023.
  2. Attisso, John (16 August 2023). "La Gantoise annonce officiellement larrivée en prêt de Mohamed Soumah".
  3. Africafoot, L'équipe (8 February 2025). "Mohamed Soumah : « Il a fallu m'adapter à l'exigence du professionnalisme »".
  4. "Union Saint-Gilloise vs Gent: First Division A stats & head-to-head". BBC Sport.
  5. "Diawara en Gandelman hebben een 'wild card' gekregen: deze spelers uit de Belgische Pro League treden aan op de Olympische Spelen". Nieuwsblad. 18 July 2024.
  6. "Communiqué relatif à la nomination du sélectionneur du Syli National". 11 August 2025.