Souleymane Youla

Souleymane Youla (born 29 November 1981) is a Guinean football player.[1] He has Turkish citizenship with the name Süleyman Yula.[2]

Souleymane Youla
Personal information
Full name Souleymane Youla
Date of birth (1981-11-29) 29 November 1981
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Lokeren 14 (9)
2000–2001 Anderlecht 15 (1)
2001–2005 Gençlerbirliği 112 (49)
2005–2007 Beşiktaş 13 (2)
2006–2007 → Metz (loan) 16 (1)
2007–2009 Lille 32 (2)
2008–2009 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 31 (13)
2009–2010 Eskişehirspor 14 (3)
2010–2011 Denizlispor 27 (9)
2012–2013 Sint-Niklaas 13 (1)
2013–2014 Amiens 5 (0)
2014 Tournai 11 (4)
2014–2016 Budapest Honvéd 55 (14)
2016 Indy Eleven 13 (2)
2017–2018 Ronse 26 (13)
2018–2019 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 26 (8)
International career
2000–2011 Guinea 36 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:07, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Club

Youla's professional career started in Belgium in 1999, when Lokeren signed him to replace the departed Jan Koller, who had moved to Anderlecht. Scoring 9 goals in 14 matches, Youla played a successful season, before also being signed by Anderlecht. At Anderlecht, he faced fierce competition in the likes of Koller, Tomasz Radzinski, Aruna Dindane and Oleg Iachtchouk. He only remained for one season but is remembered by Anderlecht fans for his injury time winner against PSV Eindhoven in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, allowing Anderlecht to qualify for the Round of 16 as group winners. Youla moved to Turkey where he signed for Gençlerbirliği SK and played five seasons as a first team player. He signed for Beşiktaş J.K., got much less playing time and was loaned out for one season to French side FC Metz. At Metz, he was noticed by Lille, who signed him in 2007. After again a season where he did not receive much opportunities, he was loaned out back to Turkish side Eskişehirspor where he partnered up with Ümit Karan. The following season, the transfer was made permanent. Thereafter, Youla enjoyed two more seasons in Turkey, with Denizlispor and Orduspor. Following the 2010–11 season, he stayed unemployed until November 2012, when he was hired by Belgian team Sint-Niklaas to help the team remain in the Belgian Second Division. On 11 June 2016, Youla signed for North American Soccer League side Indy Eleven.[3]

International

He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team who finished second in their group in the first round of competition. The team progressed to the quarter finals, where they lost to Mali.

Career statistics
As of match played 30 October 2016[4][5][6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gençlerbirliği 2001–02 Süper Lig 29921–––242
2002–03 261143–––161
2003–04 271520–––161
2004–05 301410–––161
Total 1124994------12153
Beşiktaş 2005–06 Süper Lig 12200–––122
Metz (Loan) 2006–07 Ligue 2 16100–––161
Lille 2006–07 Ligue 1 162002060–242
2007–08 1500011––161
Total 312003160--403
Eskişehirspor (Loan) 2008–09 Süper Lig 311321–––3314
Eskişehirspor 2009–10 Süper Lig 14300–––143
Denizlispor 2009–10 Süper Lig 14330–––173
2010–11 TFF First League 13631–––167
Total 27961------3310
Sportkring Sint-Niklaas 2012–13 Belgian Second Division 131–––131
Amiens 2013–14 Championnat National 5000–––50
Tournai 2013–14 Belgian Third Division 114–––114
Budapest Honvéd 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2691023––2912
2015–16 2952100––316
Total 55143123----6018
Indy Eleven 2016 NASL 13210–––142
Career total 3401002175460--372111

International
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
200044
200110
200220
200321
200491
200510
200630
200740
200855
200952
Total3613

Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009[7]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 March 2000Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda Uganda2–04-42002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.3–3
3.2000 –
4.2000 –
5.16 November 2003Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–04–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.5 September 2004Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Botswana2–04–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.11 January 2008Estadio Francisco Pérez, Estepona, Spain Sudan2–06–0Friendly
8.3–0
9.4–0
10.5–0
11.28 January 2008Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Namibia1–1Draw2008 Africa Cup of Nations
12.12 August 2009International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt1–13–3Friendly
13.2–2
Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009[7]

References
  1. ransfer overzicht‚ ksk-ronse.be, 20 June 2017
  2. "Türk olan yabancı futbolcular – Sayfa 24 – Galeri – Spor Magazin – 20 Nisan 2018 Cuma". fotomac.com.tr. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "SIGNINGS CONTINUE WITH FORWARD SOULEYMANE YOULA". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. "Souleymane YOULA". ligue1.com. Ligue 1. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. "S.Youla". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. "SOULEYMANE YOULA". tff.org.tr. TFF. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. "Souleymane Youla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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