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Burkinabé footballer

Issouf Ouattara
Ouattara playing for Chernomorets Burgas in 2012
Personal information
Full name Issouf Ouattara
Date of birth (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Etoile Filante 26 (2)
2008–2011 União Leiria 37 (1)
2010–2011 → Trofense (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Nîmes 16 (1)
2012–2013 Chernomorets Burgas 25 (4)
2014 Al Akhdar
2015 Al-Nasr
2015 Ermis 7 (0)
2016–2017 ASEC Mimosas
2017–2018 Wadi Degla 15 (5)
2018 Al Masry 13 (0)
2018–2019 Al-Talaba SC (0)
2019 Wej
2020 Al-Sharq
International career
2007–2013 Burkina Faso 11 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2013 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Issouf Ouattara (born 7 October 1988) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in Ouagadougou, Ouattara began his career in Etoile Filante Ouagadougou. In July 2008 he signed with Portugal's U.D. Leiria in the second division, and played his first game on 30 August in a 1–0 home loss against Portimonense where he came on as a second-half substitute. He contributed with 26 matches (one goal) as the club promoted back to the Primeira Liga, but appeared significantly less in the following year.

In September 2011, after spending the 2010–11 season on loan to C.D. Trofense– second level, less than one third of the matches played – Ouattara left Leiria and signed for Nîmes Olympique in the French division three. In the following campaign he moved teams and countries again, joining Bulgaria's PSFC Chernomorets Burgas after a period of trial.

In his only full season in the country, Ouattara was voted his club's Best Foreign Player in a poll conducted in its official website, earning over 1,000 votes. He was released in late 2013.

International career

Ouattara made his debut for Burkina Faso not yet aged 19, helping to a 1–1 home draw against Mozambique on 24 March 2007 for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. He was selected for the 2013 edition of the tournament on 8 January, playing against Togo in the quarter-finals in an eventual runner-up finish for the nation.

Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ouattara goal.
List of international goals scored by Issouf Ouattara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 June 2008 Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso Seychelles Seychelles 3–1 4–1 2010 World Cup qualification

References

  1. Reforços do Burkina-Faso – Parte 2 – Koulibaly e Ouattara (Burkina-Faso additions – Part 2 – Koulibaly and Ouattara) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; União de Leiria Blogspot, 30 July 2008 (in Portuguese)
  2. U. Leiria-Estoril, 4–2: "Hat-trick" de Cássio (U. Leiria-Estoril, 4–2: Cássio hat-trick) Archived 23 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 8 March 2009 (in Portuguese)
  3. Ouattara emprestado pela União de Leiria (Ouattara loaned by União de Leiria) Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine; SAPO, 31 August 2010 (in Portuguese)
  4. Transferts: Issouf Ouattara à Nîmes et Boubacar Kébé à Cherbourg (National) (Transfers: Issouf Ouattara to Nîmes and Boubacar Kébé to Cherbourg (National)) Archived 9 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Burkina 24, 9 September 2011 (in French)
  5. Феновете на Черноморец избраха Уатара за най-добър чужденец (Fans of Chernomorets choose Ouattara as the best foreigner) Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Burgas Topnovini, 23 July 2013 (in Bulgarian)
  6. Единствено Уатара представя "А" група за Купата на Африка (Only Ouattara represents A PFG in the African Cup) Archived 11 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Novsport, 8 January 2013 (in Bulgarian)
  7. Jonathan Pitroipa headed the winner in extra-time to send Burkina Faso into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Archived 24 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine; BBC Sport, 3 February 2013

External links

Burkina Faso squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up
Burkina Faso
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