Ahmed Soukouna (born 13 January 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Béziers B.

Career

Soukouna began playing football at the age of 7 with Montpellier HSC, and moved to

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in 2005. He made his professional debut on 29 October 2008, for Toulouse in a

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game against Paris Saint-Germain. On 3 August 2010, he was on trial with

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. Soukouna joined

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in 2012, competing in

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Personal life

Ahmed Soukouna was born in

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, France. He holds

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and Malian nationalities.https://www.unfp.org/joueur/ahmed-soukouna-13169/

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* 1990 births Living people AS Béziers (2007) players Men's association football forwards Castelnau Le Crès FC players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Championnat National players Footballers from Paris French men's footballers Malian men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Montpellier HSC players Régional 1 players Toulouse FC players {{france-footy-forward-1990s-stub