Ismaël Seone (born 26 April 2005) is a
Burkinabé professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-forward
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for
FK Haugesund
Fotballklubben Haugesund (), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional association football, football club from the city of Haugesund that plays in the top tier of the Norwegian football league system.
FK Haugesund previousl ...
in Norway.
Club career
Having started playing football in
Dédougou
Dédougou is a city located in western Burkina Faso. It is the capital city of Mouhoun Province and Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The main ethnic groups are the Marka and the Bwa. The population of Dédougou was 37,793 in 2006; 18,778 were male and ...
, Seone is a youth product of the
Salitas FC
Salimata et Taséré FC, known as Salitas FC, is a Burkinabé association football club, based in Ouagadougou.
They were promoted to the Burkinabé Premier League after the 2016–17 season. They stayed up in their first season after promotion, th ...
academy, before being loaned to
Vitesse FC,
with whom he played in the
Burkinabé Premier League
The Fasofoot D1 is the top division of the Burkinabé Football Federation. It was created in 1961.
Burkinabé Premier League clubs (2021–22)
* AS Koupéla ( Koupéla)
* AS Douanes (Ouagadougou)
* ASEC Koudougou ( Koudougou)
* ASFA Yennenga (Ou ...
.
Seone ended the
2022-23 season with 13 goals, making him the third-top scorer of the league.
International career
Ismaël Seone first received a call up to the
Burkina Faso senior team in June 2023,
[ for an Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers game against ]Cape Verde
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. Burkina Faso had already secured qualification for the competition
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, but they are not yet certain of topping their group.[
]
References
External links
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Fasotalent profile
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2005 births
Living people
Burkinabe men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Salitas FC players
Burkinabe Premier League players
21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen
Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Norway
FK Haugesund players
Eliteserien players