Issoufou Dayo

Club career Dayo played for RC Bobo Dioulasso and Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou in Benin, then for AS Vita Club in Congo DR, before joining RS Berkane in Morocco. On 25 October 2020, he scored the winning goal for RS Berkane in a 1–0 victory over Egyptian club Pyramids FC in the 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final.

International career In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the Burkina Faso squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Uganda and Zimbabwe and then drawing with Morocco. He was part of the squad in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was his first Africa Cup with Burkina Faso. In the team's first game he scored a 75th-minute equalizer to gain a point for his nation.

Dayo was part of the Burkina Faso squad at the 2021, 2023 and 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. He featured in the AFCON 2021 third-place match against Cameroon.

Career statistics Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dayo goal.

Honours Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou Burkinabé Premier League: 2013–14

AS Vita Club Linafoot: 2014–15

RS Berkane Botola Pro: 2024–25 Moroccan Throne Cup: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22; runner-up: 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25; runner-up: 2018–19, 2023–24 CAF Super Cup: 2022

Burkina Faso Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2017

Individual

Botola Pro Best Foreign Player of the Season: 2021–22 Burkina Faso Player of the Year: 2022–23, 2024–25

Records RS Berkane all-time top scorer: 49 goals