Dramane Salou

Dramane Salou (born 22 May 1998) is a Burkinabe footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for Noah. He debuted for Burkina Faso national football team in 2017.

Club Career

Born in Ouagadougou, Salou has started his career with the local football club Salitas. Having played with academy until 2016, Salou was loaned to US des Forces Armees for the 2016–17 Burkinabe Premier League campaign, where he made his first appearances in the top tier of the Burkinabe 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 side Partizan on 1 February same year. In summer 2018, Salou moved on loan to the satellite club, Teleoptik, for the 2018–19 Serbian First League 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 announced the signing of Salou from Slutsk.

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

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 Burkinabe league, Salou was called into the Burkina Faso national football team, making an official debut in 1–1 friendly draw to Benin on 4 May 2017.

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