Dramane Salou


Dramane Salou is a Burkinabé footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder who plays for FC Slutsk. 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 Armées for the 2016–17 Burkinabé Premier League campaign, where he made his first appearances in the top tier of the Burkinabé 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.

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 Burkinabé 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.

Playing style

Standing at 5-foot-9-inches, Salou mainly operates as a defensive midfielder. Although he was "strictly defensive oriented" in early years of his career due to insufficient of weight and stamina, while growing, he has converted in more offensive midfielder. Playing in the Burkinabé Premier League, Salou affirmed himself as an assistant and goal poacher, which put him among the most prospective players in the competition.

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Honours

;Salitas
;Partizan