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	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	KVC Winkel Sport	26	(8)
National team
2000–2011	Guinea	36	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gençlerbirliği	2001–02	Süper Lig	29	9	2	1	–		–		–		24	2
	2002–03		26	11	4	3	–		–		–		16	1
	2003–04		27	15	2	0	–		–		–		16	1
	2004–05		30	14	1	0	–		–		–		16	1
	Total		112	49	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	121	53
Beşiktaş	2005–06	Süper Lig	12	2	0	0	–		–		–		12	2
Metz (Loan)	2006–07	Ligue 2	16	1	0	0	–		–		–		16	1
Lille	2006–07	Ligue 1	16	2	0	0	2	0	6	0	–		24	2
	2007–08		15	0	0	0	1	1	–		–		16	1
	Total		31	2	0	0	3	1	6	0	-	-	40	3
Eskişehirspor (Loan)	2008–09	Süper Lig	31	13	2	1	–		–		–		33	14
Eskişehirspor	2009–10	Süper Lig	14	3	0	0	–		–		–		14	3
Denizlispor	2009–10	Süper Lig	14	3	3	0	–		–		–		17	3
	2010–11	TFF First League	13	6	3	1	–		–		–		16	7
	Total		27	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	10
Sportkring Sint-Niklaas	2012–13	Belgian Second Division	13	1			–		–		–		13	1
Amiens	2013–14	Championnat National	5	0	0	0	–		–		–		5	0
Tournai	2013–14	Belgian Third Division	11	4			–		–		–		11	4
Budapest Honvéd	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	9	1	0	2	3	–		–		29	12
	2015–16		29	5	2	1	0	0	–		–		31	6
	Total		55	14	3	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	60	18
Indy Eleven	2016	NASL	13	2	1	0	–		–		–		14	2
Career total			340	100	21	7	5	4	6	0	-	-	372	111

International

Guinea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	4	4
2001	1	0
2002	2	0
2003	2	1
2004	9	1
2005	1	0
2006	3	0
2007	4	0
2008	5	5
2009	5	2
Total	36	13

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

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 March 2000	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	2–0	4-4	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				3–3
3.	2000			–
4.	2000			–
5.	16 November 2003	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	1–0	4–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	5 September 2004	Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Botswana	2–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	11 January 2008	Estadio Francisco Pérez, Estepona, Spain	Sudan	2–0	6–0	Friendly
8.				3–0
9.				4–0
10.				5–0
11.	28 January 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Namibia	1–1	Draw	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
12.	12 August 2009	International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–1	3–3	Friendly
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. 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-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

External links

• Souleymane Youla at the Turkish Football Federation
• Souleymane Youla at National-Football-Teams.com