Mohamed Soumah

Mohamed Soumah
Soumah in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Gent
Number 38
Youth career
Kaloum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Kaloum 0 (0)
2022–2023 →FC Ouest Tourangeau (loan) 1 (0)
2022–2023 →Avoine OCC (loan) 1 (0)
2023–2024 →Jong 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.

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]

International 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 l’arrivée 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.
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