Morlaye Soumah

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Morlaye Soumah
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-04) 4 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–2003 Bastia 275 (2)
1993–1994 → Valenciennes-Anzin (loan) 24 (0)
Total299(2)
International career
1988–2004 Guinea [3] 69 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Morlaye Soumah (born 4 November 1971) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Soumah spent most of his playing career with SC Bastia in France's Division 1. [4] [5] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 19 August 1994. [6] [7]

He was part of the Guinea national team at the 2004 African Nations Cup, which finished second in its group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali.

After he retired from playing, Soumah was an assistant manager for the Guinea national team on several occasions. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Morlaye Soumah at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Morlaye Soumah at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Morlaye Soumah - International Appearances". RSSSF.
  4. ↑ "Morlaye Soumah : "La Corse, c'est ma deuxième patrie"". 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Morlaye Soumah Colovatti : "Il y'avait un problème d'égo au sein de notre équipe…" (Interview)". 25 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "JORF n° 0193 du 21 août 1994 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ↑ https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=morlaye-soumah [ bare URL ]
  8. ↑ "Syli National : Morlaye Soumah Postule Pour Diriger Une des Sélections Guinéennes !". 20 January 2018.


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