Modou Sougou

Modou Sougou

Personal information
Full name	Pape Amodou Sougou
Date of birth	18 December 1984 (1984-12-18) (age 26)
Place of birth	Fissel, Senegal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	CFR Cluj
Number	99
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	União Leiria	7	(0)
2005–2006	Vitória Setúbal	27	(0)
2006–2008	União Leiria	38	(6)
2008–2011	Académica	80	(19)
2011–	CFR Cluj	11	(5)
National team‡
2008–	Senegal	11	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Pape Amodou Sougou (born on 18 December 1984 in Fissel, Senegal) is a Senegalese Winger who plays for CFR Cluj.

Career

Beginning

Sougou started his career as a teenager at AS Douanes, a football team in Dakar, Senegal. He moved to U.D. Leiria.

Vitoria

After a year at U.D. Leiria he moved to Vitoria FC where he spent the 2005–2006 season playing 27 games. In July 2006 Sougou accepted a contract at U.D. Leiria where he moved after completing a medical to complete his return to the club.

Return to Leiria

After completing his return to the club, Sougou made 37 appearances in total in his second spell at the club, scoring also 6 goals. U.D. Leiria accepted an offer for him from the Portuguese Liga side Académica de Coimbra. In July 2008 he completed his move there.

Académica de Coimbra

After moving to Académica de Coimbra he started off his time there as a fringe player and after a few games the manager Domingos Paciência was impressed by his effort and performance and then secured a first team place for a while. In the summer of 2009 Académica de Coimbra brought in a new manager, André Villas Boas and he took a liking to Sougou and then he was put in the starting 11 regularly; he finished off the 2009–2010 season on a high scoring 6 goals in the final stage of the Portuguese Liga season.

CFR Cluj

In June 2011 Sougou joined Liga I side CFR Cluj. He had a perfect start with the romanian squad socring two goals in the first two games.

International career

He made his Senegal debut in 2008 in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after impressive performances on his club.

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 28 July 2011)

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
União Leiria
	2004–05	7	0	?	?	0	0	7	0
Total		7	0	?	?	0	0	7	0
Vitória de Setúbal
	2005–2006	27	0	?	?	0	0	27	0
Total		27	0	?	?	0	0	27	0
União Leiria
	2006–2007	15	5	?	?	0	0	15	5
	2007–2008	23	1	?	?	0	0	23	1
Total		38	6	?	?	0	0	38	6
Académica de Coimbra
	2008–2009	23	4	?	?	0	0	23	4
	2009–2010	29	9	1	0	0	0	30	9
	2010–2011	28	6	5	2	0	0	33	8
Total		80	19	6	2	0	0	86	21
CFR Cluj
	2010–2011	10	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total		10	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
Career total		154	27	6	2	0	0	160	29

External links

• Modou Sougou at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sougou stats at ZeroZero Football
• [1] at Soccerway

Romanian football portal

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Name	Sougou, Modou
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Date of birth	18 December 1984
Place of birth	Fissel, Senegal
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