Soumahoro Bangaly (born July 18, 1991) is an Ivorian professional

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plays for Al-Ansar as a center back.

Professional career

After a brief passport issue was resolved, Bangaly signed with Romanian

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club

Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Vîlcea'' or, in the past, ''Rîmnic-Vâlcea'', ) (population: 92,573 as per the 2011 Romanian census) is the county capital ( ro, Reședință de județ) and also the largest town of Vâlcea County, cent ...

as a

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in early 2012. He made his Liga II debut on April 25, 2012, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw against Argeș Pitești. He made only one more appearance for Râmnicu Vâlcea before returning to his home country and joining

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', especi ...

. He was selected as the league's player of the month in May 2015, and was subsequently nominated for the Player of the Year award at the "Ivorian Football Oscars" a few months afterwards. Bangaly left Ivory Coast once again in September 2015, when he was signed by

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club

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football ...

to compensate for the loss of Alje Schut, who returned to play in the Netherlands. He made his professional debut with the club on September 15, 2015, during a 2–1 loss to Golden Arrows. He was replaced at halftime by manager

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after several mistakes, most notably failing to clear a ball which lead to the Golden Arrows' opening goal. It was also obvious he experienced communication issues, as he had hardly learned English. He only received nine minutes of playing time the rest of the calendar year, although reports showed he'd "been settling in and showing improvement in his performances and work rate" by December. By April 2016, he had fully integrated and was a regular member of the starting XI following several impressive performance in the

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International career

Bangaly is of Guinean descent through his mother, and received a callup to the

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in May 2018.

Honours

Club

;Mamelodi Sundowns *

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: 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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* MTN 8 Cup: Runners-up 2016 *

: 2016 *

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References

External links

Mamelodi Sundowns profile
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