Cheick Oumar Souaré (born 3 September 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

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Early life

Born in

Arras Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

, he started playing football with

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club based in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. It competes in Championnat National from 2025–26, the third level of football in France, having ...

in the south of France, aged seven. He later played for

FC Istres Istres Football Club (; commonly referred to as simply Istres) is a French association football club based in Istres. The club was formed in 1920 and currently play their home matches at the Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, a commune in the A ...

, before joining

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

in 2015. He signed his first professional contract with the club in June 2020.

Club career

He was first included in Marseille's squad in February 2021, as the club was going on a losing streak with several internal tensions and supporters riots, eventually leading to the departure of

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. Souaré made his professional debut for

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

on the 3 February 2021, coming up as a substitute in the 2–2 draw against

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. On 5 January 2024, Souaré joined

club

on a half-year loan deal. On 5 June 2024, Souaré signed a three-year contract with Viktoria Plzeň.

International career

Born in France, Souaré is of Guinean descent. He is a youth international for France.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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OM profile
* 2002 births Living people Footballers from Arras French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Guinean descent Men's association football midfielders Olympique de Marseille players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Black French sportspeople Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône MFK Vyškov players Czech National Football League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic French expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FC Viktoria Plzeň players Czech First League players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub