Oumar Solet

Oumar Mickaël Solet Bomawoko (born 7 February 2000) is a French professional footballer. He plays as a defender for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

Oumar Solet
FC RB Salzburg gegen WSG Tirol ( mit Meistertellerübergabe 22. Mai 2021) 05.jpg
Personal information
Full nameOumar Mickaël Solet Bomawoko[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birthMelun, France
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positioncenter back
Club information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number22
Youth career
2006–2009FC Dammarie-les-Lys
2009–2012Créteil
2012–2015US Villejuif
2015–2017Stade Laval
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017Laval B7(0)
2017–2018Laval12(0)
2018Lyon B (loan)11(0)
2018–2020Lyon B27(1)
2018–2020Lyon2(0)
2020–Red Bull Salzburg57(2)
National team
2016France U171(0)
2017–2018France U187(0)
2018–2019France U1912(1)
2019France U202(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2023

Club career

Laval

Solet started in the youth teams of FC Dammarie-les-Lys, US Créteil and US Villejuif.From 2015 till 2017 he was in the Stade Laval academy. On 4 August 2017 he debuted in the Championnat National (3rd level) against US Concarneau. He played the full 90 minutes.[3]

Lyon

On 22 January 2018 Solet went to Olympique Lyonnais on loan.[4]

RB Salzburg

On 17 July 2020 went on to Red Bull Salzburg for €4.5 million. [2] He played his first match for Salzburg on 24 October 2020 when he came in for Sekou Koita in minute 83 versus FK Austria Wien. [5]

International career

Solet was born in France and is of Central African Republic descent.[6] Solet was part of the France U-17 FIFA World Cup squad in 2017.[7]

Honours


References

  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Transfert d'Oumar Solet au RB Salzbourg". www.OL.fr (in français). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. "Concarneau vs. Laval - 4 August 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  4. "Communiqué : Oumar Solet prêté jusqu'à la fin de saison à l'OL | OLWeb.fr". www.olweb.fr (in français). Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  5. Soccerway
  6. "Les Africains de la Ligue des champions UEFA 2019 - 2020". September 17, 2019.
  7. "France Under 17 v Spain Under 17 Match Report, 17/10/2017, U17 World Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.