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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Radomiak Radom | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
| 2019–2020 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Standard Liège | 37 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | SL16 FC | 9 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Amiens (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Adanaspor | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Radomiak Radom | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Burkina Faso | 28 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2025 | |||
Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba (born 23 August 2001) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom and the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
[edit]Tapsoba began his career with Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas in the Ivorian Ligue 1. On 28 November 2018, Tapsoba scored his first goal for the club in the CAF Champions League against Mangasport. His 5th-minute goal was enough in a 1–0 victory.[1] In September 2019, Tapsoba was loaned out to Belgian side Standard Liège and mainly played with the reserve side.[2] After the season ended, Tapsoba was signed permanently by Standard Liège.[3]
Tapsoba made his professional debut for Standard on 8 August 2020 against Cercle Brugge. He came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Maxime Lestienne as Standard Liège won 1–0.[4]
On 3 February 2023, Tapsoba was loaned to Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova, with an option to buy.[5]
On 7 July 2023, Amiens SC announced the season-long loan signing of Tapsoba.[6]
On 13 September 2024, Tapsoba signed a two-season contract with Adanaspor in Turkish TFF First League.[7]
On 29 January 2025, he moved on a free transfer to Polish club Radomiak Radom on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[8]
International career
[edit]Tapsoba made his debut for Burkina Faso national team on 29 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against South Sudan.[9]
Tapsoba featured in the third place of 2021 AFCON game against Cameroon.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 5 January 2025[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Standard Liège | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 2 | 4[c] | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 5 | ||
| SL16 FC | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 2022–23 | Moldovan Super Liga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4[d] | 1 | — | 16 | 5 | |
| Amiens (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Adanaspor | 2024–25 | TFF 1. Lig | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Radomiak Radom | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 79 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Moldovan Cup, Coupe de France, Turkish Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in Europa League play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapsoba goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Algeria |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 8 October 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Djibouti |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4 | 11 October 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | Djibouti |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 24 March 2023 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Togo |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
[edit]Sheriff Tiraspol[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "ASEC Mimosas 1–0 AS Mangasport". Soccerway.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire-Burkina: Asec lends with option to buy its young Burkinabé striker, Abdoul Fessal TAPSOBA to Standard de Liège". Koaci. September 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Asec Mimosas: Tapsoba permanently transferred to Standard de Liège". FratMat. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Standard Leige 1-0 Cercle Brugge". Soccerway.
- ^ "Abdoul Fessal TAPSOBA en prêt au FC Sheriff" (in French). Standard Liège. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "ABDOUL FESSAL TAPSOBA EST AMIÉNOIS". amiensfootball.com/ (in French). Amiens SC. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Abdoul Tapsoba Adanaspor'umuzda" [Abdoul Tapsoba is in our Adanaspor] (in Turkish). Adanaspor. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Galiński, Tomasz (29 January 2025). "Ofensywne okienko w Radomiu. Radomiak sfinalizował siódmy transfer". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Burkina Faso v South Sudan game report". ESPN. 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Abdoul Tapsoba at Soccerway
- ^ "Abdoul Tapsoba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Abdoul Tapsoba". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Abdoul Tapsoba at National-Football-Teams.com
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