Dango Ouattara
 Ouattara with AFC Bournemouth in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger/wing-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Majestic FC | 11 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | Lorient B | 5 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Lorient | 43 | (7) |
| 2023– | AFC Bournemouth | 62 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Burkina Faso | 28 | (10) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:37, 16 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:20, 13 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara (born 11 February 2002) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for Premier League club Bournemouth and the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
[edit]Lorient
[edit]A youth product of the Burkinabè club Majestic, Ouattara joined the reserves of Lorient in 2020. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 20 May 2021.[2] He made his professional debut with Lorient in a 1–1 Ligue 1 tie with Saint-Étienne 8 August 2021.[3]
AFC Bournemouth
[edit]On 19 January 2023, Premier League club AFC Bournemouth announced the signing of Ouattara on a contract until 2028.[4] He scored his first goal for the Cherries on 15 April, a 95th-minute winner in a 3–2 away victory at Tottenham Hotspur.[5]
International career
[edit]Ouattara made his professional debut with the Burkina Faso national team in a 0–0 friendly tie with Mauritania on 30 December 2021.[citation needed] He scored his first goal for Burkina Faso in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final win against Tunisia.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 16 December 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Majestic FC | 2019–20 | Burkinabé Premier League | 11 | 5 | — | — | 11 | 5 | ||
| Lorient B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Lorient | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | ||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 7 | |||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2022–23 | Premier League | 19 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| Total | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 119 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 17 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 13 October 2024[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | |
| Total | 28 | 10 | |
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 January 2022 | Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon |  Tunisia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 3 June 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Cape Verde |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 7 June 2022 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Eswatini |
1–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 2–1 | |||||
| 5 | 19 November 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Ivory Coast |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Togo |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 7 | 21 November 2023 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco |  Ethiopia |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 10 June 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali |  Sierra Leone |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 10 October 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Burundi |
1–1 | 4–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 10 | 3–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Dango Ouattara signe son premier contrat professionnel". FC Lorient. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne vs. Lorient – 8 August 2021". Soccerway.
- ^ "Ouattara becomes first January signing". afcb.co.uk. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth team news". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mauritania vs. Burkina Faso (0:0)". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Dango Ouattara". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Dango Ouattara". National Football Teams.
External links
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- Dango Ouattara at AFC Bournemouth
- Dango Ouattara at Premier League
- Dango Ouattara at Soccerway
- Dango Ouattara at Global Sports Archive
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