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Sory Kaba

Sory Kaba

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Oud-Heverlee Leuven
Age30
CitizenshipGuinea
Height1.91 m
Footright
BornJuly 28, 1995
at Oud-Heverlee Leuven 258 days · joined 2025-09-08
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals
Market value €1.00m
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
14/15
debut season
0.28
goals / match
FC Midtjylland
top club · 110 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#2116
goals rank
#2932
assists rank
79
season goals
23
season assists

Among 3,489 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€3.00m
peak value · 2021
€4.00m
top transfer fee · 18/19
15
best season · 17/18
21 / 3
int'l caps / goals
284Appearances
79Goals
23Assists
32Yellow cards
1Red cards
60Full matches (90′)
Full nameSory Kaba
Date of birth1995-07-28 (30 yrs)
Place of birthConakry, Guinea
CitizenshipGuinea
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height191.00 m
Current clubOud-Heverlee Leuven
Joined2025-09-08
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentCAA Stellar
Sep 2025
Transfer: UD Las Palmas → OH Leuven
25/26 · Transfer
Jun 2025
Transfer: Elche CF → UD Las Palmas
24/25 · Return from loan
Aug 2024
Transfer: UD Las Palmas → Elche CF
24/25 · Loan
Jul 2024
24/25 — Elche CF
27 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2023
Transfer: FC Midtjylland → UD Las Palmas
23/24 · Transfer · €1.50m
Jul 2023
23/24 — UD Las Palmas, FC Midtjylland
28 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2023
Transfer: Cardiff → FC Midtjylland
22/23 · Return from loan
Jan 2023
Transfer: FC Midtjylland → Cardiff
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Midtjylland, Cardiff City
44 matches · 12 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2022
Transfer: OH Leuven → FC Midtjylland
21/22 · Return from loan
Aug 2021
Transfer: FC Midtjylland → OH Leuven
21/22 · Loan
Jul 2021
21/22 — Oud-Heverlee Leuven
29 matches · 12 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC Midtjylland
42 matches · 14 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Dijon → FC Midtjylland
19/20 · Transfer · €3.00m
Jul 2019
19/20 — FC Midtjylland, FC Midtjylland Reserves
35 matches · 8 G · 5 A · across 6 competitions
Jan 2019
Transfer: Elche CF → Dijon
18/19 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2018
18/19 — Elche CF, Dijon FCO
31 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Nov 2017
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2017
Transfer: Elche Ilicitano → Elche CF
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Elche CF
39 matches · 15 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Elche CF
5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2016
Transfer: Alcobendas CF → Elche Ilicitano
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — KRC Genk U19
4 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €3.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1196 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals4 total · 1.65/90
89
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A4 total · 1.65/90
82
Yellow cards4 total · 1.65/90
1
5,390 min
Minutes played by club
Elche CF 21.0%
UD Las Palmas 18.1%
FC Midtjylland 50.3%
Cardiff City 2.7%
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 5.0%
FC Midtjylland Reserves 0.0%
Dijon FCO 0.0%
KRC Genk U19 3.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Elche CF 4 16/17 24/25 91 28 0 1,130
UD Las Palmas 1 23/24 23/24 20 2 1 975
FC Midtjylland 4 19/20 23/24 110 27 16 2,713
Cardiff City 1 22/23 22/23 17 8 1 144
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1 21/22 21/22 29 12 3 268
FC Midtjylland Reserves 1 19/20 19/20 2 0 1 0
Dijon FCO 1 18/19 18/19 11 0 1 0
KRC Genk U19 1 14/15 14/15 4 2 0 160

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€750K10€1.5M15€2.3M20€3M14/15 — 2 goals (KRC Genk U19)214/1516/17 — 1 goals (Elche CF)116/1717/18 — 15 goals (Elche CF)1517/1818/19 — 8 goals (Elche CF)18/19 — 1 assists918/1919/20 — 8 goals (FC Midtjylland)19/20 — 5 assists1319/2020/21 — 14 goals (FC Midtjylland)20/21 — 6 assists2020/2121/22 — 12 goals (Oud-Heverlee Leuven)21/22 — 3 assists1521/2222/23 — 12 goals (FC Midtjylland)22/23 — 6 assists1822/2323/24 — 3 goals (UD Las Palmas)23/24 — 2 assists523/2424/25 — 4 goals (Elche CF)424/2517/18 — €300K18/19 — €800K19/20 — €2M20/21 — €2.5M21/22 — €3M22/23 — €2.5M23/24 — €2.8M24/25 — €1.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

14/15: 2214/1516/17: 1116/1717/18: 151517/1818/19: 8818/1919/20: 8819/2020/21: 141420/2121/22: 121221/2222/23: 121222/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 4424/25

Assists by season

14/15: 0014/1516/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 6620/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 6622/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 0024/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Copa del Rey Elche CF 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 LaLiga2 Elche CF 24 4 0 4 0 218
23/24 Copa del Rey UD Las Palmas 3 1 0 0 0 256
23/24 LaLiga UD Las Palmas 17 1 1 2 0 719
23/24 Superliga FC Midtjylland 4 0 0 1 0 0
23/24 UECL Quali FC Midtjylland 4 1 1 0 0 160
22/23 Champions League Qu. FC Midtjylland 4 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 Championship Cardiff City 17 8 1 0 0 144
22/23 Europa League FC Midtjylland 5 1 0 0 0 275
22/23 Pokalen FC Midtjylland 2 1 0 0 0 135
22/23 Superliga FC Midtjylland 16 2 4 3 0 523
21/22 Croky Cup Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3 2 1 0 0 90
21/22 JPL Oud-Heverlee Leuven 26 10 2 3 1 178
20/21 Champions League FC Midtjylland 6 0 1 1 0 0
20/21 Champions League Qu. FC Midtjylland 4 1 1 1 0 332
20/21 Superliga FC Midtjylland 18 8 3 3 0 154
20/21 Superliga Championship round FC Midtjylland 9 3 1 1 0 235
20/21 Sydbank Pokalen FC Midtjylland 5 2 0 0 0 139
19/20 Europa League Qualifying FC Midtjylland 2 1 0 1 0 172
19/20 Reserveligaen FC Midtjylland Reserves 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Reserveligaen Spring FC Midtjylland Reserves 1 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Superliga FC Midtjylland 20 5 3 5 0 279
19/20 Superliga Championship round FC Midtjylland 10 2 1 0 0 309
19/20 Sydbank Pokalen FC Midtjylland 1 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 2ª División Elche CF 20 8 0 4 0 183
18/19 Copa del Rey Elche CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Coupe de France Dijon FCO 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 L1/L2 Playoffs Dijon FCO 1 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 Ligue 1 Dijon FCO 9 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 2ª B - Grupo III Elche CF 30 11 0 1 0 143
17/18 Ascenso a 2ª Elche CF 4 2 0 0 0 131
17/18 Copa del Rey Elche CF 5 2 0 0 0 209
16/17 2ª División Elche CF 5 1 0 1 0 246
14/15 Viareggio Cup KRC Genk U19 4 2 0 0 0 160
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
15/16 2016-01-29 Alcobendas CF Elche Ilicitano Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-31 Elche Ilicitano Elche CF Transfer 0
18/19 2019-01-31 Elche CF Dijon Transfer 2000000 €4.00m
19/20 2019-07-05 Dijon FC Midtjylland Transfer 2000000 €3.00m
21/22 2021-08-31 FC Midtjylland OH Leuven Loan 3000000
21/22 2022-06-30 OH Leuven FC Midtjylland Return from loan 2500000
22/23 2023-01-31 FC Midtjylland Cardiff Loan 2500000
22/23 2023-06-30 Cardiff FC Midtjylland Return from loan 2800000
23/24 2023-08-17 FC Midtjylland UD Las Palmas Transfer 2800000 €1.50m
24/25 2024-08-30 UD Las Palmas Elche CF Loan 1500000
24/25 2025-06-30 Elche CF UD Las Palmas Return from loan 1000000
25/26 2025-09-08 UD Las Palmas OH Leuven Transfer 1000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Muscle injury 2017-11-06 2017-11-20 15 3
20/21 Corona virus 2021-01-19 2021-02-01 14 3
Current€1.00m
Peak€3.00m
Low€100k
Δ since start+€700k
€100k€825k€1.55m€2.28m€3.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3856 #21 21 3 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jesper Hansen 2 0 0
Manuel Sánchez 2 0 0
Nikolas Dyhr 2 0 0
Dani Provencio 2 1 0
Jonas Lössl 2 0 0
Josan 1 2 0
Iván Sánchez 2 1 0
Pione Sisto 2 2 0
Gustav Isaksen 2 2 0
Jens Cajuste 2 1 0
Erik Sviatchenko 2 2 0
Mikael Anderson 2 2 0
Frank Onyeka 2 1 0
Joel Andersson 2 1 0
Awer Mabil 2 5 0
Alexander Scholz 2 2 0
Paulinho 2 1 0
Evander 2 7 0
Anders Dreyer 2 8 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
17/18 2ª B - Grupo III Elche CF 11 30
21/22 JPL Oud-Heverlee Leuven 10 26
20/21 Superliga FC Midtjylland 8 18

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
22/23 Superliga FC Midtjylland 4 16
20/21 Superliga FC Midtjylland 3 18
19/20 Superliga FC Midtjylland 3 20

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Elche CF UD Las Palmas Return from loan €1.00m
24/25 2024-08-30 UD Las Palmas Elche CF Loan €1.50m
22/23 2023-06-30 Cardiff FC Midtjylland Return from loan €2.80m
22/23 2023-01-31 FC Midtjylland Cardiff Loan €2.50m
21/22 2022-06-30 OH Leuven FC Midtjylland Return from loan €2.50m
21/22 2021-08-31 FC Midtjylland OH Leuven Loan €3.00m

Last 50 matches for Oud-Heverlee Leuven The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-11-23 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–2 Sint-Truidense VV Available
2025-11-08 BE1 Cercle Brugge 1–2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-11-02 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 4–0 KAA Gent Available
2025-10-25 BE1 KV Mechelen 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-10-18 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–1 Club Brugge KV Available
2025-10-05 BE1 KVC Westerlo 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-09-26 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 RSC Anderlecht Available
2025-09-20 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–2 RAAL La Louviére Available
2025-09-13 BE1 SV Zulte Waregem 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-08-31 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 Standard Liège Available
2025-08-24 BE1 FCV Dender EH 0–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-08-15 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–2 KRC Genk Available
2025-08-10 BE1 Royal Antwerp FC 3–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-08-03 BE1 Union Saint-Gilloise 5–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-07-27 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2–2 Sporting Charleroi Available
2025-05-24 BE1 Sporting Charleroi 2–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-05-16 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–2 KVC Westerlo Available
2025-05-11 BE1 FCV Dender EH 5–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-05-03 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–2 KV Mechelen Available
2025-04-26 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 Standard Liège Available
2025-04-22 BE1 Standard Liège 0–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-04-19 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 4–4 FCV Dender EH Available
2025-04-13 BE1 KV Mechelen 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-04-05 BE1 KVC Westerlo 2–2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-03-28 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–0 Sporting Charleroi Available
2025-03-16 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3–2 Sint-Truidense VV Available
2025-03-08 BE1 KV Kortrijk 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-03-02 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–0 KVC Westerlo Available
2025-02-22 BE1 Royal Antwerp FC 2–2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-02-15 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3–2 FCV Dender EH Available
2025-02-08 BE1 Club Brugge KV 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-01-31 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen Available
2025-01-26 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–0 KAA Gent Available
2025-01-19 BE1 Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-01-11 BE1 KRC Genk 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2025-01-07 BE1 Club Brugge KV 3–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-12-27 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2–0 K Beerschot VA Available
2024-12-22 BE1 Cercle Brugge 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-12-14 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 Sporting Charleroi Available
2024-12-07 BE1 Standard Liège 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-12-04 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 5–0 SV Zulte Waregem Available
2024-12-01 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–0 RSC Anderlecht Available
2024-11-24 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 Union Saint-Gilloise Available
2024-11-09 BE1 FCV Dender EH 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-11-02 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–1 Club Brugge KV Available
2024-10-26 BE1 Sporting Charleroi 0–2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-10-20 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 Royal Antwerp FC Available
2024-10-05 BE1 KV Mechelen 5–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-09-29 BE1 KAA Gent 3–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Available
2024-09-22 BE1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 KV Kortrijk Available

Teams faced most often by Sory Kaba's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
UD Almería 22 5 8 9 26 34 -8 23%
Málaga CF 22 11 7 4 34 20 +14 50%
Sporting Gijón 22 9 6 7 18 20 -2 41%
Real Zaragoza 22 6 6 10 25 31 -6 27%
CD Tenerife 22 9 7 6 27 22 +5 41%
Real Oviedo 20 5 7 8 23 23 0 25%
Cádiz CF 20 5 7 8 20 31 -11 25%
Girona FC 20 6 3 11 16 28 -12 30%
CD Lugo 18 9 5 4 35 23 +12 50%
RCD Mallorca 18 5 8 5 22 21 +1 28%
CA Osasuna 18 3 9 6 26 27 -1 17%
AD Alcorcón 18 7 8 3 22 10 +12 39%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
14/15 Senior debut season
14/15 First senior goal
21/22 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 27 218 4 0 0 1.65
23/24 28 1,135 3 0 0 0.24
22/23 44 1,077 3 0 0 0.25
21/22 29 268 3 0 1 1.34
20/21 42 860 6 0 0 0.63
19/20 35 760 7 0 0 0.83
18/19 31 183 4 0 0 1.97
17/18 39 483 1 1 0 0.37
16/17 5 246 1 0 0 0.37

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Superliga
58 apps
15 G
10 A
LaLiga2
49 apps
13 G
0 A
2ª B - Grupo III
30 apps
11 G
0 A
JPL
26 apps
10 G
2 A
Championship
17 apps
8 G
1 A
Superliga Championship round
19 apps
5 G
2 A
Copa del Rey
11 apps
3 G
0 A
Sydbank Pokalen
8 apps
3 G
0 A
Croky Cup
3 apps
2 G
1 A
Ascenso a 2ª
4 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Sory Kaba

Who is Sory Kaba?

Sory Kaba is a Guinea professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

How old is Sory Kaba?

Sory Kaba is 30 years old. He was born on July 28, 1995 in Conakry.

What position does Sory Kaba play?

Sory Kaba plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Sory Kaba play for?

Sory Kaba currently plays for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

How many career goals has Sory Kaba scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Sory Kaba has scored 79 goals in 284 appearances.

What is Sory Kaba's market value?

Sory Kaba's most recent reported market value is €1.00m.