Issoufou Dayo

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Issoufou Dayo
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Dayo with Burkina Faso in 2022
Personal information
Full name Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo
Date of birth (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
Umm Salal
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 RC Bobo Dioulasso
2013–2014 Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou
2014–2016 AS Vita Club
2016–2025 RS Berkane 209 (29)
2025– Umm Salal 1 (0)
International career
2012– Burkina Faso 70 (9)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2017 Gabon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2024

Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo (born 6 August 1991) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Umm Salal and the Burkina Faso national team.[1][2] Issoufou Dayo featured in the AFCON 2021 third place match against Cameroon.[3]

Club career

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Dayo played for RC Bobo Dioulasso and Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou in Benin, then for AS Vita Club in Congo DR, before joining RS Berkane in Morocco. On 25 October 2020, he scored the winning goal for RS Berkane in a 1–0 victory over Egyptian club Pyramids FC in the 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final.[4]

International career

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In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the Burkina Faso squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[5][6] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Uganda and Zimbabwe and then drawing with Morocco. He was part of the squad in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which is his first African cup. In the team's first game he scored a 75th-minute equalizer to gain a point for his nation. This is to date his only goal for his country.[7][8]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dayo goal.
List of international goals scored by Issoufou Dayo[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 January 2017 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1–1 1–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
2 18 November 2018 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1–2 1–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 9 October 2020 Stade El Abdi, El Jadida, Morocco File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 3–0 3–0 Friendly
4 11 October 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 12 November 2021 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1–1 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 16 November 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2–2 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 27 September 2022 Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 1–0 2–1 Friendly
8 18 June 2023 Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 1–1 1–3 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9 10 October 2024 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 4–1 4–1 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

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Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou

AS Vita Club

RS Berkane

Burkina Faso

Individual

Records

References

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