Souleymane Oularé

Souleymane Oularé (born 16 October 1972) is a Guinean retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Oularé was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season.

He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe (Turkey), UD Las Palmas (Spain), Stoke City (England), K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder and C.S.

After his only league game for Stoke against Northampton Town in 2002 Oulare was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood clot in his lungs.

[2] This went down in folklore among Stoke City fans as they won the tie 3–2 and went on to win promotion.