Dramane Salou
Dramane Salou (born 22 May 1998) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Urartu and the Burkina Faso national team.
| Dramane Salou with Olimpik Donetsk in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Urartu | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Salitas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Salitas | ||
| 2016–2017 | → USFA (loan) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Partizan | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | Olimpik Donetsk | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | Slutsk | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Pyunik | 20 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Salitas | ||
| 2022 | Noah | 31 | (3) |
| 2023– | Urartu | 27 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Burkina Faso U20 | ||
| 2017– | Burkina Faso | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2022 | |||
Club career edit
Born in Ouagadougou, Salou has started his career with the local football club Salitas.[1] Having played with academy until 2016, Salou was loaned to US des Forces Armées for the 2016–17 Burkinabé Premier League campaign, where he made his first appearances in the top tier of the Burkinabé football pyramid. Returning from loan deal, Salou joined the first team of his home club, Salitas, which was promoted to the top level league previously.[2] Scoring 3 goals and making 5 assists, he was elected for the best footballer in the domestic competition in November 2017. Thus he received 100k CFA as a reward.[3]
Passing a trial period with the club at the beginning of 2018, Salou signed a four-year contract with the Serbian SuperLiga side Partizan on 1 February same year.[4] In summer 2018, Salou moved on loan to the satellite club, Teleoptik, for the 2018–19 Serbian First League campaign.[5][6] After a year and a half, Partizan decided to terminate the cooperation with Salou without making his debut for the club in any official competition.[7]
On 15 August 2020, FC Pyunik announced the signing of Salou from Slutsk.[8]
On 20 February 2022, Salou returned to Armenia, singing of FC Noah.[9] On 7 February 2023, Salou terminated his contract with Noah by mutual agreement.[10]
International career edit
Salou was a member of youth national team, being elected in a group of players, available to play in 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification.[11] Following the games in top tier Burkinabé league, Salou was called into the Burkina Faso national football team, making an official debut in 1–1 friendly draw to Benin on 4 May 2017.[12]
Playing style edit
Standing at 5-foot-9-inches (1.75 m), Salou mainly operates as a defensive midfielder.[13] Although he was "strictly defensive oriented" in early years of his career due to insufficient of weight and stamina, while growing, he has converted in more offensive midfielder.[14] Playing in the Burkinabé Premier League, Salou affirmed himself as an assistant and goal poacher, which put him among the most prospective players in the competition.[15]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 20 May 2021[16]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizan | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Teleoptik (loan) | 2018–19 | Serbian First League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Slutsk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Pyunik | 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 62 | 1 | ||||
- ^ Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and zero appearances and in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
International edit
- As of match played 12 June 2021[1]
| Burkina Faso | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours edit
Club edit
- Urartu
- Salitas
- Partizan
References edit
- ^ a b c Dramane Salou at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Sur les traces d'un talent". RADIO Pog-Nere, facebook page (in French). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ . faso24.com (in French). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Partizanovo misteriozno pojačanje - potpisao Draman (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Partizan vodi računa o talentovanim igračima: Dobiće priliku da se nametnu na pripremama!". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Partizanov spisak za Superligu: Jovanović ni ovde nije licenciran! Nema Ostojića i Uroševića". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ PRVI ODLAZAK IZ PARTIZANA: Sporazumni raskid ugovora najbolje rešenje (FOTO), srbijadanas.com, 30 May 2019
- ^ "Official statement: Dramane Salou". fcpyunik.am/. FC Pyunik. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "We are pleased to announce that Noah has signed a contract with 23-year-old defensive midfielder Dramane Salou". facebook.com/. FC Noah Facebook. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Midfielder Dramane Salou has terminated his contract with Noah by mutual agreement". facebook.com/noah.footballclub. FC Noah Facebook. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ . burkina24sports.com (in French). 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Partizan angažovao veznog igrača iz Burkine Faso!". sportskenovosti.net (in Serbian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "SALOU Dramane Salitas Fc Le Spécialiste Foot". YouTube (in French). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ ""Saboteur" explique l'absence de Dramane Salou dans sa liste". Radio Omégafm Officiel, facebook page (in French). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "FASOFOOT : Dramane Salou désigné joueur du mois de novembre". touteinfo.com (in French). 18 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ a b Dramane Salou at Soccerway
External links edit
- Dramane Salou at FootballDatabase.eu
- Dramane Salou at WorldFootball.net