Pape Amodou Sougou is a Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

ese Winger who plays for CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...

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Beginning

Sougou started his career as a teenager at AS Douanes, a football team in Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

, Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. 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

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

 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

André Villas Boas

D. Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas, usually known as André Villas-Boas , is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Chelsea. Prior to his appointment at Chelsea, he spent nine months as manager of Académica de Coimbra and then a year as manager of Porto.While at Porto he...

 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

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

 season.

CFR Cluj

In June 2011 Sougou joined Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 side CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...

. He had a perfect start with the romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n squad socring two goals in the first two games.

International career

He made his Senegal

Senegal national football team

The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football...

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

Club

(Correct as of 28 July 2011)

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....		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 Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...
	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 Associação Académica de Coimbra The Coimbra Academic Association is the students' union of the University of Coimbra . Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal...
	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 CFR Cluj CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
	2010–2011 2011–12 Liga I The 2011–12 Liga I is the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and will end on 19 May 2012...	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

• Sougou stats at ZeroZero Football
• http://www.soccerway.com/players/modou-sougou/16955/ at Soccerway