Adama Guira

Adama Guira
Guira with Burkina Faso in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 RC Bobo Dioulasso
2008–2009 Gavà 27 (0)
2009–2010 Alicante 34 (1)
2010–2011 Logroñés 17 (0)
2011 Djurgården 6 (0)
2011–2013 Dacia Chișinău 37 (3)
2013–2016 SønderjyskE 96 (3)
2016–2017 Lens 7 (0)
2017 Lens II 4 (0)
2017–2019 AGF 51 (0)
2019–2020 R&F 11 (1)
2021 SønderjyskE 4 (0)
2021–2022 Racing Rioja 12 (0)
2022 Qingdao Hainiu 28 (2)
2023–2024 Racing Rioja 17 (1)
2024 Yagüe 0 (0)
Total 361 (11)
International career
2010–2024 Burkina Faso 53 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024

Adama Guira (born 24 April 1988) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Guira has played club football in Burkina Faso, Spain, Sweden, Moldova and Denmark for RC Bobo Dioulasso, Gavà, Alicante, Logroñés, Djurgården, Dacia Chișinău and SønderjyskE.[1][2][3][4]

In July 2017, Guira returned to Denmark and joined AGF.[5] He left the club two years later, to join Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.[6] On 14 October 2020, Guira left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.[7]

On 6 February 2021, Guira returned to SønderjyskE in Denmark, on a deal for the rest of the season.[8] He left the club again at the end of the contract.[9] He then signed for Racing Rioja.[10]

International career

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Guira made his international debut for Burkina Faso in 2010.[1] He was selected as part of Burkina Faso's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 16 December 2023.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gavà 2008–09 Segunda División B 27 0 2 0 29 0
Alicante 2009–10 Segunda División B 34 1 3 0 37 1
Logroñés 2010–11 Segunda División B 17 0 4 0 21 0
Djurgården 2011 Allsvenskan 6 0 0 0 6 0
Dacia Chișinău 2011–12 Divizia Națională 12 3 0 0 12 3
2012–13 25 0 1 0 26 0
Total 37 3 1 0 38 3
SønderjyskE 2013–14 Danish Superliga 29 0 2 0 22 0
2014–15 29 2 5 0 34 2
2015–16 31 1 2 0 33 1
2016–17 7 0 0 0 5 0 12 0
Total 96 3 9 0 5 0 110 3
Lens 2016–17 Ligue 2 7 0 1 0 8 0
Lens II 2016–17 CFA 4 0 4 0
AGF 2017–18 Danish Superliga 21 0 1 0 22 0
2018–19 30 0 1 0 31 0
Total 51 0 2 0 53 0
R&F 2019–20 Hong Kong Premier League 11 1 3 0 2 0 16 1
SønderjyskE 2020–21 Danish Superliga 4 0 2 0 6 0
Racing Rioja 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF 12 0 1 0 13 0
Qingdao Hainiu 2022 China League One 28 2 1 0 29 2
Racing Rioja 2022–23 Segunda Federación 9 0 9 0
2023–24 Tercera Federación 8 1 8 1
Total 17 1 17 1
Career total 361 11 29 0 5 0 2 0 397 11

International

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As of match played 20 January 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Burkina Faso 2010 2 0
2013 1 0
2015 7 0
2016 5 0
2017 3 0
2018 1 0
2019 3 0
2020 2 0
2021 9 0
2022 9 0
2023 7 0
2024 4 0
Total 53 0

Honors

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Burkina Faso

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Adama Guira". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Adama Guira at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Profile". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ Peder Ernerot (1 June 2011). "Adama Guira klar för DIF" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ^ VELKENDT MIDTBANEKRIGER FÅR TRE ÅR I AGF Archived 17 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, agf.dk, 8 July 2017
  6. ^ AGF's Guira drager til Hong Kong, bold.dk, 1 July 2019
  7. ^ 港超︱富力R&F落實棄戰港超 稱退出因現時香港足球氛圍. Ming Pao. 14 October 2020.
  8. ^ Gammel kending får kontrakt i SønderjyskE frem til sommer, soenderjyske.dk, 6 February 2021
  9. ^ SønderjyskE tager afsked med midtbanespiller, jv.dk, 21 May 2021
  10. ^ @RiojaRacing (10 August 2021). "✅FICHAJEADAMA GUIRA, medio proveniente de Sonderjyske Superliga de Dinamarca.Jugador internacional por Burkina Fa…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Nations Cup 2015: Traore brothers in Burkina Faso squad". BBC Sport. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  12. ^ "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  13. ^ McCauley, Kim (14 January 2017). "Africa Cup of Nations 2017 schedule, scores and what you need to know". SBNation.com.