Issouf Ouattara

Issouf Ouattara
Personal information
Full name Issouf Ouattara
Date of birth (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al Masry
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Etoile Filante
2008–2011 União Leiria 38 (1)
2010–2011 → Trofense (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Nîmes 16 (1)
2012–2013 Chernomorets Burgas 25 (4)
2014 Al-Nasr
2015 Al Akhdar
2015 Ermis 7 (0)
2017–2018 Wadi Degla ? (5)
2018– Al Masry
National team
2007–2013 Burkina Faso 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2018

Issouf Ouattara (born 7 October 1988) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Al-Masry SC.

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,[1] and played his first game on 30 August in a 0–1 home loss against Portimonense S.C. 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 one 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.

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,[6] playing against Togo in the quarter-finals[7] in an eventual runner-up finish for the nation.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 June 2008Stade du 4-Août, Burkina FasoSeychelles Seychelles3–14–12010 World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ Reforços do Burkina-Faso – Parte 2 – Koulibaly e Ouattara (Burkina-Faso additions – Part 2 – Koulibaly and Ouattara); 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); Record, 8 March 2009 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Ouattara emprestado pela União de Leiria (Ouattara loaned by União de Leiria); 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)); 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); 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); 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.; BBC Sport, 3 February 2013
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