Bakary Soumare

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Bakary Soumare
Personal information
Full name	Bakary Soumare
Date of birth	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09) (age 22)
Place of birth	Mali
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chicago Fire
Number	4
Youth clubs
2005–2007	Virginia
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–	Chicago Fire	26 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 March 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Bakary Soumare (b. 9 November 1985 in Mali ^[1]) is a Malian football (soccer) player who currently plays in the MLS for the Chicago Fire, having been the number-two pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2.1 High School 2.2 College 2.3 MLS 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Biography

Bakary was born in Mali but moved to Paris, France at a young age ^[2], before moving to New York as a teenager ^[3].

[edit] Career

[edit] High School

He played for La Salle Academy, a Roman Catholic high school located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

[edit] College

He played for the University of Virginia during his freshman season, playing 20 out of 21 games ^[4].

[edit] MLS

In 2007 his rookie season he played 1,072 minutes for the Chicago Fire.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

v • d • e Chicago Fire – current squad 0 Kettering • 1 Busch • 2 Brown • 3 Carr • 4 Soumare • 5 Plotkin • 6 Prideaux • 7 Pause • 8 Gutierrez • 9 Frankowski • 10 Blanco • 11 Thorrington • 12 Nyarko • 17 Rolfe • 19 Barrett • 20 Banner • 21 Mapp • 22 Conde • 23 Mármol • 24 Woolard • 25 Segares • 26 Herron • 28 Noble • 29 Lowry • 32 Robinson • 33 King • 34 Washington • 36 Kasiguran • Coach: Hamlett