Issife Soumahoro

{{short description|French-born Ivorian basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Issife Soumahoro

| image =

| position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight =

| nationality = Ivorian / French

| league =

| team = Brissac-Aubance

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|31}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2005–2006

| team1 = Levallois Sporting Club

| years2 = 2006–2010

| team2 = SIG Strasbourg

| years3 = 2010–2012

| team3 = Boulazac Dordogne

| years4 = 2012–2013

| team4 = Fos Ouest Provence

| years5 = 2013–2015

| team5 = Bordeaux

| years6 = 2015–2016

| team6= Rueil Athletic Club

| years7= 2016–present

| team7= Brissac-Aubance

}}

Issife Soumahoro (born October 31, 1988, in Paris) is a French-born Ivorian basketball player.[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=fra&PlayerID=83261 Issife Soumahoro Profile] at eurobasket.com He is also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.

Soumahoro joined Strasbourg IG as an 18-year-old for the 2007-08 season.[http://www.basketpedya.com/player/Issife-Soumahoro/78320 Issife Soumahoro]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at basketpedya.com In his first season of action, Soumahoro saw action in three games off the bench for the team. In the 2009-10 season, Soumahoro played in six games for the team and also appeared in two games for the team at the EuroChallenge 2009–10, the third-tier international basketball competition for European teams.

Soumahoro competed as a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team for the first time at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.[http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/66207/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html Issife Soumahoro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223043555/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/66207/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html |date=2009-12-23 }} at FIBA.com He saw action in four games off the bench for the Ivorians, who won the silver medal to qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100103175844/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/66207/sid/6599/tid/267/_/2009_FIBA_Africa_Championship_for_Men/index.html FIBA Archive]