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{{short description|Guinean footballer}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Souleymane Youla
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| fullname    = Souleymane Youla
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|11|29}}
| birth_place = [[Conakry]], Guinea
| height      = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position    = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber  = 
| years1  = 1999–2000 
| clubs1  = [[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]] 
| caps1  =  14 
| goals1  =  9
| years2  = 2000–2001 
| clubs2  = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]           
| caps2  =  15 
| goals2  =  1
| years3  = 2001–2005 
| clubs3  = [[Gençlerbirliği SK|Gençlerbirliği]]       
| caps3  = 112 
| goals3  = 49
| years4  = 2005–2007 
| clubs4  = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]                 
| caps4  =  13 
| goals4  =  2
| years5  = 2006–2007 
| clubs5  = → [[FC Metz|Metz]] (loan)                  
| caps5  =  16 
| goals5  =  1
| years6  = 2007–2009 
| clubs6  = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]                        
| caps6  =  32 
| goals6  =  2
| years7  = 2008–2009 
| clubs7  = → [[Eskişehirspor]] (loan)                 
| caps7  =  31 
| goals7  = 13
| years8  = 2009–2010 
| clubs8  = [[Eskişehirspor]]                          
| caps8  =  14 
| goals8  =  3
| years9  = 2010–2011 
| clubs9  = [[Denizlispor]]                            
| caps9  =  27 
| goals9  =  9
| years10 = 2012–2013 
| clubs10 = [[Sportkring Sint-Niklaas|Sint-Niklaas]]   
| caps10 =  13 
| goals10 =  1
| years11 = 2013–2014 
| clubs11 = [[Amiens SC|Amiens]]                       
| caps11 =   5 
| goals11 =  0
| years12 = 2014      
| clubs12 = [[R.F.C. Tournai|Tournai]]                 
| caps12 =  11 
| goals12 =  4
| years13 = 2014–2016 
| clubs13 = [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]     
| caps13 =  55 
| goals13 = 14
| years14 = 2016      
| clubs14 = [[Indy Eleven]]                            
| caps14 =  13 
| goals14 =  2
| years15 = 2017–2018
| clubs15 = [[K.S.K. Ronse|Ronse]]                         
| caps15 =  26
| goals15 =  13
| years16 = 2018–2019
| clubs16 = [[Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport|Sint-Eloois-Winkel]]
| caps16 =   26
| goals16 =  8
| club-update = 18:07, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
|
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2011 
| nationalteam1 = [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] 
| nationalcaps1 = 36 
| nationalgoals1 = 13
| nationalteam-update = 
| medaltemplates = 
}}

'''Souleymane Youla''' (born 29 November 1981) is a [[Guinea]]n [[Association football|football]] player.<ref>[http://www.ksk-ronse.be/2017/06/20/transfer-overzicht/ transfer overzicht]‚ ksk-ronse.be, 20 June 2017</ref> He has Turkish citizenship with the name '''Süleyman Yula'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fotomac.com.tr/multimedya/galeri/spormagazin/turk-olan-yabanci-futbolcular-397389071486?totalCount=31&page=24&albumid=32088|title=Türk olan yabancı futbolcular – Sayfa 24 – Galeri – Spor Magazin – 20 Nisan 2018 Cuma|work=fotomac.com.tr|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>

==Career==
===Club===
Youla's professional career started in Belgium in 1999, when [[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]] signed him to replace the departed [[Jan Koller]], who had moved to [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Scoring 9 goals in 14 matches, Youla played a successful season, before also being signed by Anderlecht.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} At Anderlecht, he faced fierce competition in the likes of Koller, [[Tomasz Radzinski]], [[Aruna Dindane]] and [[Oleg Iachtchouk]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} He only remained for one season but is remembered by Anderlecht fans for his injury time winner against [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League]], allowing Anderlecht to qualify for the Round of 16 as group winners.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Youla moved to Turkey where he signed for [[Genclerbirligi|Gençlerbirliği SK]] and played five seasons as a first team player.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} He signed for [[Beşiktaş J.K.]], got much less playing time and was loaned out for one season to French side [[FC Metz]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} At Metz, he was noticed by [[Lille OSC|Lille]], who signed him in 2007.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} After again a season where he did not receive much opportunities, he was loaned out back to Turkish side [[Eskişehirspor]] where he partnered up with [[Ümit Karan]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} The following season, the transfer was made permanent.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Thereafter, Youla enjoyed two more seasons in Turkey, with [[Denizlispor]] and [[Orduspor]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Following the 2010–11 season, he stayed unemployed until November 2012, when he was hired by Belgian team [[Sportkring Sint-Niklaas|Sint-Niklaas]] to help the team remain in the Belgian Second Division.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} On 11 June 2016, Youla signed for [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]] side [[Indy Eleven]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SIGNINGS CONTINUE WITH FORWARD SOULEYMANE YOULA|url=http://www.indyeleven.com/news/2016/06/11/signings-continue-with-forward-youla|website=indyeleven.com|publisher=Indy Eleven|accessdate=13 June 2016|date=11 June 2016|archive-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615203144/http://www.indyeleven.com/news/2016/06/11/signings-continue-with-forward-youla|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===International===
He was part of the [[Guinea national football team|Guinean]] [[2004 African Nations Cup]] team who finished second in their group in the first round of competition.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} The team progressed to the [[2004 African Nations Cup#Quarter-finals|quarter finals]], where they lost to [[Mali national football team|Mali]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 30 October 2016}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Souleymane YOULA|url=http://www.ligue1.com/joueur/youla-souleymane|website=ligue1.com|publisher=Ligue 1|accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=S.Youla|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/souleymane-youla/9959/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SOULEYMANE YOULA|url=http://www.tff.org.tr/Default.aspx?pageID=30&kisiID=29807|website=tff.org.tr|publisher=TFF|accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="NFT Stats"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Gençlerbirliği S.K.|Gençlerbirliği]]
|[[2001–02 Süper Lig|2001–02]]
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[Süper Lig]]
|29||9||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||2
|-
|[[2002–03 Süper Lig|2002–03]]
|26||11||4||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||1
|-
|[[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]
|27||15||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||1
|-
|[[2004–05 Süper Lig|2004–05]]
|30||14||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!112!!49!!9!!4!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!121!!53
|-
|valign="center"|[[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
|[[2005–06 Süper Lig|2005–06]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|12||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||2
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Metz|Metz]] (Loan)
|[[2006–07 Ligue 2|2006–07]]
|[[Ligue 2]]
|16||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||1
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Lille OSC|Lille]]
|[[2006–07 Ligue 1|2006–07]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Ligue 1]]
|16||2||0||0||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||24||2
|-
|[[2007–08 Ligue 1|2007–08]]
|15||0||0||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!31!!2!!0!!0!!3!!1!!6!!0!!-!!-!!40!!3
|-
|valign="center"|[[Eskişehirspor]] (Loan)
|[[2008–09 Süper Lig|2008–09]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|31||13||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||14
|-
|valign="center"|[[Eskişehirspor]]
|[[2009–10 Süper Lig|2009–10]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|14||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||3
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Denizlispor]]
|[[2009–10 Süper Lig|2009–10]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|14||3||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||3
|-
|[[2010–11 TFF First League|2010–11]]
|[[TFF First League]]
|13||6||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!9!!6!!1!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!33!!10
|-
|valign="center"|[[Sportkring Sint-Niklaas]]
|[[2012–13 Belgian Second Division|2012–13]]
|[[Belgian Second Division]]
|13||1|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||1
|-
|valign="center"|[[Amiens SC|Amiens]]
|[[2013–14 Championnat National|2013–14]]
|[[Championnat National]]
|5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5||0
|-
|valign="center"|[[R.F.C. Tournai|Tournai]]
|[[2013–14 Belgian Third Division|2013–14]]
|[[Belgian Third Division]]
|11||4|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||11||4
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
|[[2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|2014–15]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]
|26||9||1||0||2||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||12
|-
|[[2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|2015–16]]
|29||5||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!55!!14!!3!!1!!2!!3!!-!!-!!-!!-!!60!!18
|-
|valign="center"|[[Indy Eleven]]
|[[2016 Indy Eleven season|2016]]
|[[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|NASL]]
|13||2||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!340!!100!!21!!7!!5!!4!!6!!0!!-!!-!!372!!111
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[Guinea national football team|Guinea national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2000||4||4
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||2||0
|-
|2003||2||1
|-
|2004||9||1
|-
|2005||1||0
|-
|2006||3||0
|-
|2007||4||0
|-
|2008||5||5
|-
|2009||5||2
|-
!Total||36||13
|}
''Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009''<ref name="NFT Stats">{{NFT player|id=2782|name=Souleymane Youla|accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref>

===International goals===
{{Missing information|This statistics should be updated from https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2782/Souleymane_Youla.html|date=November 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. ||rowspan="2"|8 March 2000 ||rowspan="2"|[[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]] ||rowspan="2"|{{fb|UGA}} || '''2'''–0 ||rowspan="2"|4-4 ||rowspan="2"|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round#Uganda v Guinea|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 2. || '''3'''–3
|-
| 3. || 2000 ||  || <!---{{fb|}}---> || ''' '''– ||  || 
|-
| 4. || 2000 ||  || <!---{{fb|}}---> || ''' '''– ||  || 
|-
| 5. || 16 November 2003 || [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]], [[Mozambique]] || {{fb|MOZ}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–3 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6. || 5 September 2004 || [[Stade 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]] || {{fb|BOT}} || '''2'''–0 || 4–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 7. ||rowspan="4"|11 January 2008 ||rowspan="4"|[[Estadio Francisco Muñoz Pérez|Estadio Francisco Pérez]], [[Estepona]], Spain ||rowspan="4"|{{fb|SUD}} || '''2'''–0 ||rowspan="4"|6–0 ||rowspan="4"|[[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 8. || '''3'''–0
|-
| 9. || '''4'''–0
|-
| 10.|| '''5'''–0
|-
| 11.|| 28 January 2008 || [[Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium]], [[Sekondi-Takoradi]], [[Ghana]] || {{fb|NAM}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| 12.||rowspan="2"|12 August 2009 ||rowspan="2"|[[Cairo International Stadium|International Stadium]], [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] ||rowspan="2"|{{fb|EGY}} || '''1'''–1 ||rowspan="2"|3–3 ||rowspan="2"|[[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 13.|| '''2'''–2
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2009<ref name="NFT Stats"/></small>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{TFF player|29807}}
* {{NFT player|id=2782}}

{{Guinea Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Guinea Squad 2008 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Youla, Souleymane}}
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