Issoufou_Dayo
Issoufou Dayo
Burkinabé footballer (born 1991)
Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo (born 6 August 1991) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RS Berkane and the Burkina Faso national team.[1][2] Issoufou Dayo featured in the AFCON 2021 third place game against Cameroon.[3]
.jpg) Dayo with Burkina Faso in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | |||||||||||||
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Current team | RS Berkane | |||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | RC Bobo Dioulasso | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | AS Vita Club | |||||||||||||
| 2016– | RS Berkane | 180 | (20) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Burkina Faso | 69 | (8) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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]
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]
- Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dayo goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 14 January 2017 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon |  Cameroon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 18 November 2018 | Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola |  Angola | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 9 October 2020 | Stade El Abdi, El Jadida, Morocco |  DR Congo | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 11 October 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Djibouti | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 12 November 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Niger | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou
AS Vita Club
RS Berkane
- Moroccan Throne Cup: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22; runner-up: 2018–19, 2023–24
- CAF Super Cup: 2022
Individual
- "2014 CHAN – Burkina Faso Team Profile". mtnfootball.com/m. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Squad List for BFA-T0006 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso" (PDF). cafonline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Total CAF Confederation Cup". CAFOnline.com.
- "CHAN 2014: the 23-man squad of Burkina Faso". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "CHAN 2014 Preview: GROUP B". allsports.com.gh. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Burkina Faso/Morocco: Chan 2014 - Burkina Faso Vs Morocco, the Big Shock of the Day". allafrica.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "CHAN 2014: Final Result: Burkina Faso 0 - 1 Zimbabwe". cafonline.com/. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Dayo, Issoufou". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ""La Nuit des Stars" : le Wydad Casablanca (hommes) et l'AS FAR (dames) raflent la mise" ["The Night of the Stars": Wydad Casablanca (men) and AS FAR (women) win the day]. lematin.ma. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.]
- ""Événement : Tout Sur " La Nuit Des Stars " Qui Célèbre La Famille Sportive"" [Event: All About « The Night Of Stars » Which Celebrates The Sports Family]. fr.le7tv.ma/. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.]
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