Mohamed Kourouma (soccer)

For the Guinean-Dutch footballer of the same name, see Mohamed Kourouma (footballer, born 1998).
Mohamed Kourouma
Kourouma playing for HFX Wanderers in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007–2008 Montréal Concordia
2010–2011 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Red Star
2012–2013 AS Kaloum
2016–2017 Miami City 26 (20)
2019 HFX Wanderers 26 (1)
2020 Atlético Ottawa 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 6, 2020

Mohamed Kourouma (born 4 August 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Kourouma was born in Conakry, Guinea and grew up in Montreal, Canada.[1] In 2009, Kourouma left his youth club in Canada, Concordia Stingers, to sign with French CFA side Red Star 93.[2] After a year in France, Kourouma joined the reserve side of Belgian First Division A club Gent.[2] After leaving Gent, he returned to Guinea to play for Guinean Championnat National side AS Kaloum.

Miami City

In 2016, Kourouma signed with American PDL side FC Miami City and scored nine goals in thirteen appearances that season.[3] He returned to Miami in 2017, making another thirteen league appearances and scoring eleven goals, and made two further appearances in the playoffs that year.[3]

HFX Wanderers

In summer 2018, Kourouma spent two weeks on trial with French Ligue 1 club Nîmes Olympique after being scouted while at Miami City.[4][5] In September 2018, Kourouma participated in the Canadian Premier League Open Trials and made the final cut of 28 players in Montreal.[6][7]

On 4 April 2019, Kourouma signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[1] On 28 April 2019, he made his debut for Halifax as a starter in the club's inaugural match.[8] On 14 December 2019, the club announced that Kourouma would not be returning for the 2020 season.[9]

Atlético Ottawa

On 10 August 2020, Kourouma signed with CPL expansion side Atlético Ottawa.[10] He made his debut in Ottawa's inaugural match on August 15 against York9 and scored their first-ever goal, netting the opener of an eventual 2-2- draw.[11] He went on to appear in all seven of Ottawa's matches in the shortened 2020 season.[8] On 26 February 2021, Kourouma was released by the club.[12]

Career statistics

As of 15 August 2020[3][8]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Miami City 2016 Premier Development League 13 9 — — — — 13 9
2017 13 11 — — — 2 0 15 11
Total 26 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 20
HFX Wanderers 2019 Canadian Premier League 26 1 6 3 — — 0 0 32 4
Atlético Ottawa 2020 Canadian Premier League 1 1 0 0 — — 0 0 1 1
Career total 53 22 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 61 25

  1. ^ Includes the Canadian Championship.
  2. ^ Includes the PDL Championship.

References

  1. ^ a b Gareth Hampshire (5 April 2019). "Wanderers add pace and power to attack with pair of Canadian wingers". HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Mohamed Kourouma". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Mohamed Kourouma". USL League Two. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. ^ "We are your #Path2Pro". FC Miami City. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Players to watch heading into Day 2 of the #GotGame Open Trials in Quebec". Canadian Premier League. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Making the cut: List of trialists in Quebec to advance to Day 2 of the Open Trials". Canadian Premier League. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Final cut: List of trialists in Quebec to advance to Day 2 scrimmages". Canadian Premier League. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Mohamed Kourouma". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  9. ^ Gareth Hampshire (14 December 2019). "HFX Wanderers FC thank non-returning players". HFX Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Atlético Ottawa completes roster with 6 signings, including Kourouma, McKendry". Canadian Premier League. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ Molinaro, John (August 15, 2020). "York9 FC comes from behind to draw Atlético Ottawa at The Island Games".
  12. ^ "Atlético Ottawa parts ways with 8 players including Fisk, Kourouma". Canadian Premier League. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.