Youssouf Oumarou Alio (born 16 February 1993) is a

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who plays for

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

club

Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ...

and the Niger national team.

International career

Oumarou debuted internationally for the Niger national team on 13 November 2015 in a friendly match against

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in a 2–0 loss. On 16 October 2018, he scored his first goal for Niger against

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in a 2–1 defeat during the

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the 32nd edition of the international men's football champion ...

to be held in

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. On 8 October 2021, during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against

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, he scored an own goal which resulted in a 6–1 defeat.

References

1993 births Living people Nigerien men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Niger men's international footballers Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Sahel SC players AS FAN players US Bitam players MC Oujda players Kénitra AC players US GN players FC San Pédro players US Monastir (football) players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Nigerien expatriate men's footballers Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Gabon Expatriate men's footballers in Gabon Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Niger men's A' international footballers 2016 African Nations Championship players {{Niger-footy-bio-stub