Ladjie Soukouna
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ladjie Soukouna[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Maisons-Alfort, France | ||
Height | 6.92 m (22 ft 8 1⁄2 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Ladjie Soukouna". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Ladjie Soukouna". Foot National. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ "Soukouna is a Pilgrim". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ "Plymouth Argyle to sign Ladji Soukouna and Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Fletcher strike denies Shrews". Sky Sports. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ "Plymouth 2–2 Accrington". BBC Sport. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ladjie Released". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ladjie Soukouna told he can leave Plymouth Argyle". Western Morning News. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.