Issouf Ouattara (born 7 October 1988) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward.
![]() Ouattara playing for Chernomorets Burgas in 2012 | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Issouf Ouattara | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 33) | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
2007–2013 | Burkina Faso | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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,[1] 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[2]) 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[3]– second level, less than one third of the matches played – Ouattara left Leiria and signed for Nîmes Olympique in the French division three.[4] 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.[5] He was released in late 2013.
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,[6] playing against Togo in the quarter-finals[7] in an eventual runner-up finish for the nation.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 June 2008 | Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso | ![]() | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2010 World Cup qualification |
Burkina Faso squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Burkina Faso squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up | ||
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