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 AFC Bournemouth and the Burkina Faso national team.
 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 | 65 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Burkina Faso | 28 | (10) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 29 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:20, 13 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editLorient
editA 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
editOn 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
editOuattara 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 29 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 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Total | 65 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 122 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 18 | ||
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
edit
- Dango Ouattara at AFC Bournemouth
- Dango Ouattara at Premier League
- Dango Ouattara at Soccerway
- Dango Ouattara at Global Sports Archive
  | This biographical article related to Burkinabé association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |