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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamadou Obbi Oularé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Waregem, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | F.C. Brussels | ||
| 2005–2006 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2006–2011 | Lille | ||
| 2011–2012 | ES Wasquehal | ||
| 2012–2013 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2013–2014 | Club Brugge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Club Brugge | 25 | (4) |
| 2015–2019 | Watford | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Willem II (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Antwerp (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Standard Liège | 26 | (4) |
| 2021–2023 | Barnsley | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → RWDM (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 22 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Belgium U18 | 6 | (4) |
| 2014 | Belgium U19 | 5 | (6) |
| 2015–2019 | Belgium U21 | 7 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:24, 5 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Mamadou Obbi Oularé (born 8 January 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer. He is the son of former professional Guinean footballer Souleymane Oularé.[3]
Club career
[edit]Club Brugge
[edit]Oularé came through the youth ranks at Lille OSC and signed for Belgian side Club Brugge in 2013.[4] He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 14 September 2014 against K.R.C. Genk. He replaced Nikola Storm after 64 minutes.[5] His first league start came on 21 September 2014 against K.V. Kortrijk, in which he also scored his first league goal in a man of the match performance.[6] On 20 August 2015, while playing for Club Brugge, Oularé tweeted an apology for his lackluster performance coming off the bench against Manchester United in a Champions League playoff game at Old Trafford.[7] Earlier that day, it was widely reported in the Belgian press that Club Brugge's manager Michel Preud'homme had given Oularé a dressing down in front of his teammates in the dressing room after that game.[8]
Watford
[edit]On 1 September 2015, Oularé signed for Premier League side Watford for an undisclosed fee rumored to be around £6 million on a five-year contract.[9] He made his debut for the club in an FA Cup tie against Newcastle United on 9 January 2016. He was substituted at half time.[10] He made his Premier League debut, against Swansea City in a 1–0 Watford defeat, coming on as a substitute for Valon Behrami in the 87th minute.
Barnsley
[edit]On 26 July 2021, Oularé signed a three-year contract with EFL Championship side Barnsley.[11] On 1 February 2022, Oularé returned to his native Belgium by joining Belgian First Division B side RWD Molenbeek on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[12]
Lierse
[edit]On 25 May 2023, Oularé agreed to move to Lierse Kempenzonen on a two-year contract.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of end of 2023–24 season[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Club Brugge | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 8[a] | 2 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 11 | 3 | 39 | 9 | |||
| Watford | 2015–16 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Zulte Waregem (loan) | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Willem II (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Antwerp (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| Standard Liège (loan) | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Standard Liège | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Barnsley | 2021–22 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RWDM (loan) | 2021–22 | Challenger Pro League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| RWDM (loan) | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lierse Kempenzonen | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
| Career total | 124 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 154 | 26 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Europa League
- ↑ Two appearances, one goal in the Champions League; one appearance in the Belgian Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Challenger Pro League promotion play-offs
Honours
[edit]Club Brugge
References
[edit]- ↑ "Premier League - Squad List 2015/16" (PDF). Premier League. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Premier League Player Profile Mamadou Obbi Oularé". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Skill Hunter: Obbi Oulare
- ↑ "Obbi Oulare has signed a three-year contract". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Genk vs. Club Brugge - 14 September 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ "Club kan feesten in Jan Breydel na 5-0 tegen Kortrijk". demorgen.be. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Obbi Oulare on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Preud'homme pakt Oulare aan voor volle kleedkamer". hln.be. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Watford sign Obbi Oulare, Adlene Guedioura and Victor Ibarbo". BBC Sport. September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "Watford 1-0 Newcastle". BBC. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ "Obbi Oularé signs for The Reds". Barnsley FC. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Oularé returns to Belgium". Barnsley FC. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "WELKOM, OBBI OULARE!" [WELCOME, OBBI OULARE!] (in Dutch). Lierse. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ Obbi Oularé at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- 1996 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Men's association football forwards
- Belgian Pro League players
- Premier League players
- Eredivisie players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Watford F.C. players
- SV Zulte Waregem players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- Royal Antwerp FC players
- Standard Liège players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- RWDM Brussels players
- Lierse SK (2018) players
- English Football League players
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian people of Guinean descent
- Wasquehal Football players
- Footballers from Waregem
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Black Belgian sportspeople
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen