| Ismaila Soro | |
| Fullname: | Ismaila Wafougossani Soro |
| Birth Date: | 1998 5, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Yakassé-Mé, Ivory Coast |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Moossou |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Saxan |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | Gomel |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Bnei Yehuda |
| Caps3: | 53 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Celtic |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Arouca (loan) |
| Caps5: | 26 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Caps6: | 39 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ivory Coast |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 1 December 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 12 June 2021 |
Ismaila Wafougossani Soro (born 7 May 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.
On 27 January 2020, Soro signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Celtic.[2] He joined the Scottish champions after representing Bnei Yehuda in the Israeli Premier League since 2018.[3] He scored his first goal for Celtic in a 3–0 win over Dundee United on 30 December 2020.[4]
On 1 September 2023, Soro joined Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem on a two-year contract.
Soro made his debut for Ivory Coast national team on 11 June 2021 in a friendly against Ghana.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Saxan | 2016–17 | Moldovan National Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gomel | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 53 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 0 | |||
| Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Arouca | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 173 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 213 | 4 | |||
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