Yaya Alfa Soumahoro is a professional footballer from Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. He currently plays for Gent in Jupiler League

Jupiler League

The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...

.Before he played in the champion team of Thailand Muang Thong United.

Youth

Soumahoro grew in the Ivorian capital Abidjan. He learned to play football in the streets and he decided quite early to play in the team of Séwé Sports de San Pedro. Soumahoro lost both parents at an early age and was taken care by a foster family.

Muang Thong United

In 2008 Soumahoro made the quite strange transfer to the Thai team Muang Thong United. He became a figurehead in this team, as he scored many goals and charmed the supporters with his numerous dribbles. He scored 37 goals in 72 games and Thai Premier League Championship 2 Time

AA Gent

Soumahoro was scouted intensively by the Belgian team AA Gent. Gent took Soumahoro well into consideration and as from the start of the transfer period he went to Gent. He made his debut only 32 hours after he had left his plane. He gave a good impression with some beautiful dribbles. He gave some more good impressions by having a hand in each of the three goals which Gent scored. 4 days later he wrote a piece of history by qualifying AA Gent in the qualifying round of the Europa League. He scored in the last game against Feyenoord 1-0. Soumahoro kept on playing well, but was injured in November 2010 and couldn't play for one month. This meant the start of a hard time for Soumahoro. He couldn't reach his level of the start of the competition anymore and had to grow slowly to his former level of football again. Nevertheless, on the 23. November, he signed a new contract of 1 extra year, which links him to the club until 2014.

Career

Yaya joined in January 2011 from Séwé Sports de San Pedro

Séwé Sports de San Pedro

Séwé Sports de San Pedro is an Ivorian football club based in San Pédro. They are a member of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football Premiere Division...

 to Thai Premier League club Muangthong United. He played in 67 games and scored 32 goals for Muangthong United before signed on 1 July 2010 with Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 club Gent.