Boubacar Haïnikoye Soumana (born 7 October 1998) is a Nigerien

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who plays for

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and the Niger national team.

Club career

He spent time in Norway on trials with

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and

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in 2018. In May 2018 Haïnikoye joined Ghanaian Champions

Aduana Stars F.C. Aduana Football Club ''(formerly Aduana Stars F.C)'' is a professional Football team, football club, based in Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region, Ghana. The club is competing in the Ghanaian Premier League. It made history by winning the Ghana Premier L ...

on a 2-year deal from US Gendamerie National. The following January the player moved to

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n side

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (); known as CR Belouizdad or simply CRB for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, that plays in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top flight of Algerian football. The club has com ...

, again on a two-year deal, in hopes of getting more playing time. The following year the player joined NC Magra of the

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. Haïnikoye was reportedly the target of racial abuse from the opposing team's officials during a league match against

JS Saoura Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura (), known simply as JS Saoura or JSS for short, is an Algerian football club founded in the town of Méridja in the Béchar Province. They take their name from the Saoura valley of southwestern Algeria. The club w ...

on 29 May 2021.

International career

Haïnikoye made his senior international debut on 13 August 2017 in a

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match against the

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. He went on to score his first goal for the team in that game, a late winner in the 2–1 victory.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.''

International career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hainikoye, Boubacar 1998 births Living people Nigerien men's footballers Niger men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Niamey US GN players Aduana Football Club players CR Belouizdad players NC Magra players TP Mazembe players Nigerien expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ghana Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana Premier League players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Niger men's A' international footballers 2022 African Nations Championship players Linafoot players Zarma-Songhai people