Bakary Adama Soumaoro (born 18 June 1992) is a French professional

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who last played as a

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for

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club

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Career

On 31 January 2020, Soumaoro joined

club

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

on loan with an option-to-buy. On 10 January 2021, he moved on another Italian loan, this time to

. However, in contrary to his loan at Genoa, his loan at Bologna was made permanent. The reported fee was of €2.5 million.

Personal life

Soumaoro was born in

Fontenay-aux-Roses Fontenay-aux-Roses () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. In 1880, a girls school was opened in the town. It was one of the most prestigious of Paris and even of whole France in t ...

, in the southern suburbs of Paris. He has French nationality and is of Malian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Lille *

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

: 2020–21

References

1992 births Living people People from Fontenay-aux-Roses French sportspeople of Malian descent French men's footballers Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Men's association football central defenders Championnat National 2 players Ligue 1 players Serie A players Lille OSC players Genoa CFC players Bologna FC 1909 players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub