Ch�rif Souleymane - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Guinean player scored (at least) 20 international goals in 68 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 20-10-1944 Country: Guinea Caps: 68 (W31-D22-L15 � GF141-GA97 � %61.76) Goals: 20 (% 0.29 per match) Age First Cap: 19 yr 348 d 3-10-1964 vs. Dahomey 5-2 Age Last Cap: 32 yr 361 d 16-10-1977 vs. Tunisia 3-2 National Team Career: 13 yr 13 d

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 3-10-64 Conakry Dahomey 5-2 2 25-12-64 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1 African Games Qual. 3 31-12-64 Abidjan Ghana 3-3 African Games Qual. 4 1- 1-65 Abidjan Liberia 3-3 African Games Qual. 5 24- 2-66 Dakar Senegal 0-2 African Cup Qualifier 6 1 1 31- 3-66 Conakry Senegal 3-1 African Cup Qualifier 7 1 23- 5-66 Bamako Mali 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 8 1 6- 6-66 Conakry Mali 2-1 African Cup Qualifier 9 1 6- 3-67 Conakry Senegal 5-0 10 1 2 28- 8-67 Conakry Cameroon 2-2 Guinea Tournament 11 1 3 30- 8-67 Conakry Mali 5-0 Guinea Tournament 12 3 01-11-67 Bamako Mali 0-1 13 3 19- 2-67 Monrovia Liberia 2-2 African Cup Qualifier 14 1 4 25- 2-67 Conakry Senegal 3-0 African Cup Qualifier 15 4 19- 3-67 Dakar Senegal 1-4 African Cup Qualifier 16 4 2- 4-67 Conakry Liberia 3-0 African Cup Qualifier 17 4 18- 6-67 Libreville Gabon 0-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 18 1 5 9- 7-67 Conakry Gabon 6-1 Olympic G. Qualifier 19 1 6 22-10-67 Dakar Senegal 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 20 6 26- 6-68 Casablanca Algeria 2-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 21 1 7 30- 6-68 Casablanca Algeria 3-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 22 7 13-10-68 Puebla France Olympic 1-3 Olympic Games 23 7 15-10-68 Puebla Colombia Ol. 3-2 Olympic Games 24 7 17-10-68 Cd. de M�xico Mexico Olympic 0-4 Olympic Games 25 7 4- 4-69 Conakry Niger 5-0 26 3 10 13- 4-69 Conakry Togo 4-0 African Cup Qualifier 27 10 11- 5-69 Lom� Togo 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 28 10 12-10-69 Conakry Senegal 4-3 African Cup Qualifier 29 10 26-10-69 Dakar Senegal 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 30 10 7- 2-70 Wad Madani UAR (Egypt) 1-4 African Nations Cup 31 10 9- 2-70 Wad Madani Congo-Kinshasa 2-2 African Nations Cup 32 10 11- 2-70 Wad Madani Ghana 1-1 African Nations Cup 33 10 15-11-70 Conakry Senegal 1-0 African Cup Qualifier 34 10 29-11-70 Dakar Senegal 0-0 African Cup Qualifier 35 10 13- 6-71 Conakry Mali 0-0 African Cup Qualifier 36 10 27- 6-71 Bamako Mali 1-3 African Cup Qualifier 37 10 2- 3-72 Alger Algeria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 38 1 11 12- 3-72 Conakry Algeria 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 39 1 12 11- 2-73 Conakry Morocco 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 12 25- 2-73 T�touan Morocco 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 41 12 22-10-73 Bamako Mali 2-2 African Cup Qualifier 42 12 11-11-73 Conakry Mali 1-1 [1] African Cup Qualifier 43 12 3- 3-74 Damanhour Zaire 1-2 African Nations Cup 44 12 7- 3-74 Alexandria Congo-Brazzav. 1-1 African Nations Cup 45 12 30- 3-75 Niamey Niger 4-2 African Cup Qualifier 46 12 13- 4-75 Conakry Niger 3-0 African Cup Qualifier 47 12 27- 4-75 Banjul Gambia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 48 12 1- 6-75 Conakry Gambia 6-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 49 12 8- 6-75 Bissau Mali 5-1 Amilcar Cabral Cup 50 2 14 15- 6-75 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 5-2 Amilcar Cabral Cup 51 14 3- 7-75 Lom� Togo 2-2 African Cup Qualifier 52 14 17- 7-75 Conakry Togo 2-0 African Cup Qualifier 53 1 15 30-11-75 Conakry Ghana 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 54 1 16 14-12-75 Accra Ghana 2-6 Olympic G. Qualifier 55 16 29- 2-76 Addis Ababa Egypt 1-1 African Nations Cup 56 16 3- 3-76 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2-1 African Nations Cup 57 16 5- 3-76 Addis Ababa Uganda 2-1 African Nations Cup 58 16 9- 3-76 Addis Ababa Nigeria 1-1 African Nations Cup 59 16 11- 3-76 Addis Ababa Egypt 4-2 African Nations Cup 60 1 17 14- 3-76 Addis Ababa Morocco 1-1 African Nations Cup 61 17 10-10-76 Accra Ghana 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 62 17 24-10-76 Conakry Ghana 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 63 1 18 13- 2-77 Lom� Togo 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 64 18 27- 2-77 Conakry Togo 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 65 18 5- 6-77 Conakry Tunisia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 66 18 19- 6-77 Tunis Tunisia 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 67 18 2-10-77 Tunis Tunisia 0-3 African Cup Qualifier 68 2 20 16-10-77 Conakry Tunisia 3-2 African Cup Qualifier

[1] Guinea won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

Remarks: Ch�rif Souleymane won the African Footballer of the Year in 1972, becoming the first and to date only Guinean to receive such an honor. Some sources credit him with more caps and goals but there are no complete records and no real evidence. However, more matches are being investigated.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 68 31 22 15 141- 97 84 61.76

Types of Matches and Goals

                 Matches  Goals

African Cup Qualifier 25 8 African Nations Cup 11 1 World Cup Qualifier 10 3 Olympic Games Qualifier 8 4 Friendlies 4 0 African Games Qualifier 3 0 Olympic Games 3 0 Amilcar Cabral Cup 2 2 Other Tournaments 2 2

Total 68 20

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 22 Oct 2020