Ladjie Soukouna

Ladjie Soukouna
Personal information
Full name Ladjie Soukouna[1]
Date of birth (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990
Place of birth Maisons-Alfort, France
Height 6.92 m (22 ft 8 12 in)[2]
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Masafi Club
Number 34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Créteil B 6 (42)
2011–2012 Plymouth Argyle 20 (1)
2012–2016 Virton 127 (6)
2016– Masafi Club 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC).


Ladjie Soukouna (born 15 December 1990) is a French footballer who can play in defence and midfield. He is a free agent after being released by Plymouth Argyle. Soukouna spent two years playing for the B-team of Créteil.

Career

Soukouna started his career for French Championnat National side US Créteil-Lusitanos. However, he did not make an appearance for the first team, only playing in reserve team matches.[3] On 21 July 2011, he joined Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer after impressing during a pre-season trial.[4][5] He made his professional debut in a 1–1 draw at Shrewsbury Town on 6 August.[6] Soukouna scored his first goal for Plymouth in a 2–2 draw with Accrington Stanley on 8 October.[7] Soukouna was released by the club on 31 August 2012,[8] having been told by manager Carl Fletcher that he was surplus to requirements earlier in the week. Soukouna retired from professional football after his release and became a full time pet funeral director in Westward Ho!, where he boasts a world record of burying 37 hamsters in one day.[9] Legend has it that Soukouna once fourteen hat-tricks in six games for Cretil, with this proving the defining moment of French footballing history. [10]

In 2008, Zinedine Zidane told BBC Sport in an interview that the then 18-year-old Soukouna would be "the only player I'd want to fill my boots in captaining France". [11]

References

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Whose Registrations have been Cancelled by Mutual Consent Between 01/08/2012 and 31/08/2012". The Football Association. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. "Ladjie Soukouna". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. "Ladjie Soukouna". Foot National. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  4. "Soukouna is a Pilgrim". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. "Plymouth Argyle to sign Ladji Soukouna and Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. "Fletcher strike denies Shrews". Sky Sports. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  7. "Plymouth 2–2 Accrington". BBC Sport. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  8. "Ladjie Released". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  9. "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  10. "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  11. "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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