Souleymane Youla (born 29 November 1981) is a football player.[ transfer overzicht‚ ksk-ronse.be, 20 June 2017] He has Turkish citizenship with the name Süleyman Yula.
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
Genclerbirligi 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 OSC, 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.
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
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |
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| Gençlerbirliği | 2001–02 | Süper Lig | 2 |
| 2002–03 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | 1 |
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| Beşiktaş | 2005–06 | Süper Lig | 2 |
| FC Metz (Loan) | 2006–07 | Ligue 2 | 1 |
| Lille OSC | 2006–07 | Ligue 1 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | 1 |
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| Eskişehirspor (Loan) | 2008–09 | Süper Lig | 14 |
| Eskişehirspor | 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 3 |
| Denizlispor | 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 3 |
| 2010–11 | TFF First League | 7 |
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| Sportkring Sint-Niklaas | 2012–13 | Belgian Second Division | 1 |
| Amiens SC | 2013–14 | Championnat National | 0 |
| Tournai | 2013–14 | Belgian Third Division | 4 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2014–15 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 12 |
| 2015–16 | 6 |
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| Indy Eleven | 2016 | NASL | 2 |
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International
Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009
International goals
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| 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3–3 |
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| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Friendly match |
| 3–0 |
| 4–0 |
| 5–0 |
| 2008 Africa Cup of Nations |
| Friendly match |
| 2–2 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009 |
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