Saliou Guindo (born 12 September 1996) is a Malian professional

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for Mali national team.

Club career

Guindo began his professional club career at

Jeanne d'Arc FC Jeanne d'Arc FC is a Malian Association football, football club based in Bamako. History They will play in the 2008–09 Malian Première Division, the top division in Malian football. They are owned by former supporters of the Bamako club Stade ...

in 2014 and played until 2015. He later signed with

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

in the

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. In 2015, he moved to Tunisian side

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in th ...

. He has also appeared in four

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matches with Espérance. Guindo later played for

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side

KF Skënderbeu Korçë Klubi i Futbollit Skënderbeu Korçë is an Albanian professional association football, football club based in Korçë, southeastern Albania. The club competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Football in Albania, Albanian football. ...

from 2018 to 2019. In the 2017–18 season, he featured for Al-Ahli Manama in the Bahrain top flight and Albanian club KF Skënderbeu then came calling in the season that followed. Between 2018 and 2020, the striker featured for them and later FK Byllis Ballsh in the Albanian first division, before he was signed by the Turkish tier two club Ankara Keciörengücü. Domestically he has also played in another Kategoria Superiore side FK Byllis Ballsh. In the

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, he emerged as the top scorer with 11 goals and 3 assists for FK Byllis Ballsh. It was Guindo's best performance so far. In 2020, he went to Turkey and signed a three-year contract with

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outfit

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but has not appeared in league games. On 21 November 2020, it was announced that

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outfit

Gokulam Kerala Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. They won the 2020� ...

have completed the signing of Saliou Guindo. "Saliou Guindo has signed for Gokulam Kerala on a season-long deal", a source close to the developments informed Khel Now. Guindo and the ''Malabarians'' have mutually agreed terms on a season-long deal until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 1 January 2021, Guindo has also appeared in the squad of Gokulam Kerala B, which competes in the

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. Guindo joined Albanian club

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in the summer of 2021. Guindo signed a two-year contract with

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on 14 August 2022. Guindo joined Maccabi Petah Tikva on 9 July 2023. On 30 May 2024, he won his first title with the club,

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, after beating

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1–0 in the

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. On 1 August 2024, Guindo joined

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club

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International career

Born in a town named

Ségou Ségou (; , ) is a town and an Communes of Mali, urban commune in south-central Mali that lies northeast of Bamako on the right bank of the River Niger. The town is the capital of the Ségou Cercle and the Ségou Region. With 130,690 inhabitant ...

, Guindo represented his country at the

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in 2015, where they secured the 3rd position. Guindo was eyeing to win the tournament for making Mali proud around the world. In his words, ''"It's our dream to win this competition."'' Guindo added : ''"Our country would be known around the world. Many countries don't know about us and many people sometimes ask us, 'what's Mali?'"'' He has also represented his nation in 2015

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, where they finished 4th. Guindo was the man behind his country's qualification in the tournament. Guindo was called up in the squad of Mali national team in 2020 but he is still searching his debut match for the senior team. He debuted with Mali in a 1–0 2022 World Cup qualification loss to

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on 25 March 2022.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Espérance Tunis *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 KF Bylis *

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: 2018–19 Gokulam Kerala *

: 2021–21 Maccabi Petah Tikva *

: 2023–24 Egnatia *

: 2024–25 *

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: Runner-up: 2024–25 Mali U20 *

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third place:

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fourth place:

Individual *

top scorer: 2020–21 (with 8 goals) *

top scorer: 2021–22 (with 19 goals)

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