 Paro in 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 October 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Araz-Naxçıvan | |||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Étoile Filante | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Santos | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Niort | 66 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Niort II | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Concarneau | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Araz-Naxçıvan | 26 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Burkina Faso | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:38, 31 July 2019 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Issouf Paro (born 16 October 1994) is a Burkinabé international footballer who plays as a centre-back for Azerbaijani Premier League club Araz-Naxçıvan PFK. He previously played in his homeland for Étoile Filante and in South Africa with Santos.
Club career
Born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Paro has played for Étoile Filante, Santos, Niort and Niort II.[1][2]
On 21 June 2022, Paro joined Concarneau on an initial one-season deal.[3]
On 3 September 2024, the Azerbaijan Premier League club Araz-Naxçıvan signed a one-year contract with Paro.[4][5]
International career
Paro made his international debut in 2015,[1] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Issouf Paro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ Issouf Paro at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Issouf Paro rejoint l'US Concarneau" (in French). Concarneau. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ↑ "Komandamızda yeni mərkəz müdafiəçisi". arazpfk.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ ""Araz-Naxçıvan" burkina fasolu futbolçunun keçidini açıqlayıb". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 3 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Afcon 2017: Burkina Faso finally name 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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