Edmond Tapsoba grew up in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and began his career at Salitas before moving to Portugal with Vitória de Guimarães. Bayer Leverkusen signed him in January 2020.
He became a key centre-back in the team that won the unbeaten Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2023/24, and he is now club captain. He is quick, strong and comfortable bringing the ball out of defence.
Tapsoba is a leader for Burkina Faso.
Career in numbers
Tapsoba’s senior club career, which began in 2019/20, has so far brought 307 appearances and 21 goals for 2 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2019/20: 8 goals in 54 appearances for Vitória de Guimarães and Bayer Leverkusen. So far in 2026/27 he has made 6 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.