Abdoulaye Soulama
Abdoulaye Soulama (29 November 1979 – 27 October 2017) was a Burkinabé international footballer. Career. In the 2001-2002 football season, Soulama played for Turkish side Denizlispor. He played successful matches at the club which made it to the UEFA Cup that season. Unfortunately he had some rows with other players. Some Turkish players, including team captain Tolunay Kafkas, wanted coach Sakip Ozberk to give the uniform to Turkish substitute Suleyman Kucuk. At cup match again Fenerbahçe SK, Tolunay punched Soulama in the face and got red card. After reducing to 10 men, Denizlispor managed to beat their opponent  2–1. At the end of the season Soulama left the club. In August 2007, Soulama joined Ghanaian side Asante Kotoko. In December 2014, Soulama joined Ghanaian side Hearts of Oak SC. International career. Soulama was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. After about five years absence from the national side he was recalled in 2012 for a 16 May exhibition match against Benin national football team and next month's 2014 FIFA World Cup double -header qualifiers against Congo and Gabon. Honours. On 5 July 2008 Soulama was nominated as Goalkeeper of the Year 2008 in Ghana. Death. Soulama died of cancer on 27 October 2017.