Souleymane Anne

Souleymane Anne
Personal information
Date of birth	5 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Orléans, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al Kharaitiyat
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	SMOC
2016–2017	Saran
2017–2018	Angoulême
2018–2019	Aurillac Arpajon
2019–2020	Guingamp B
2020–2021	Tondela
2021–2023	Virton
2023–2024	Deinze
2024–	Al Kharaitiyat
International career‡
2019–	Mauritania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2020

Souleymane Anne (born 5 December 1997) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Qatari Club Al Kharaitiyat. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Anne began his early footballing career in the lower tiers of France, and was a prolific goalscorer at SMOC, Saran, Angoulême, and finally Aurillac Arpajon.^[2]

On 25 July 2023, Anne signed a two-year contract with Deinze.^[3]

International career

Born in France, Anne is of Mauritanian descent.^[4] Anne made his professional debut for the Mauritania national football team in a friendly 3-1 loss to Ghana on 26 March 2019.^[5]

He played for the national team at the African Cup of Nations 2019, the first international tournament of the team ^[6]