Dramane Salou (born 22 May 1998) is a Burkinabé

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, who plays as a

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for

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. He debuted for

Burkina Faso national football team The Burkina Faso national football team ( French: '' Équipe de football du Burkina Faso''), represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta nati ...

in 2017.

Club career

Born in

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

, Salou has started his career with the local football club Salitas. Having played with academy until 2016, Salou was loaned to US des Forces Armées for the 2016–17 Burkinabé Premier League campaign, where he made his first appearances in the top tier of the Burkinabé football pyramid. Returning from loan deal, Salou joined the first team of his home club, Salitas, which was promoted to the top level league previously. Scoring 3 goals and making 5 assists, he was elected for the best footballer in the domestic competition in November 2017. Thus he received 100k CFA as a reward. Passing a trial period with the club at the beginning of 2018, Salou signed a four-year contract with the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

side

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

on 1 February same year. In summer 2018, Salou moved on loan to the satellite club, Teleoptik, for the

2018–19 Serbian First League The Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams compete in the league for the 2018–19 season. Format 2018–19 As of the 2018-19 season, t ...

campaign. After a year and a half, Partizan decided to terminate the cooperation with Salou without making his debut for the club in any official competition. On 15 August 2020,

FC Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik ("Phoenix (mythology), Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the ...

announced the signing of Salou from

Slutsk Slutsk ( officially transliterated as Sluck, be, Слуцк; russian: Слуцк; pl, Słuck, lt, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק ''Slutsk'') is a city in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2022, its population is ...

. On 20 February 2022, Salou returned to Armenia, singing of

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International career

Salou was a member of youth national team, being elected in a group of players, available to play in 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification. Following the games in top tier Burkinabé league, Salou was called into the

, making an official debut in 1–1 friendly draw to

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

on 4 May 2017.

Playing style

Standing at 5-foot-9-inches (1.75 m), Salou mainly operates as a

. Although he was "strictly defensive oriented" in early years of his career due to insufficient of weight and stamina, while growing, he has converted in more offensive midfielder. Playing 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 (Ouaga ...

, Salou affirmed himself as an assistant and goal poacher, which put him among the most prospective players in the competition.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Salitas *

Coupe du Faso The Coupe du Burkina Faso is the top knockout football tournament in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to ...

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;Partizan *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salou, Dramane 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Ouagadougou Association football midfielders Burkinabé footballers Burkina Faso international footballers US des Forces Armées players FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players Serbian First League players Burkinabé expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Salitas FC players FC Olimpik Donetsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Slutsk players FC Pyunik players FC Noah players Belarusian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Armenia 21st-century Burkinabé people Burkina Faso under-20 international footballers