Amara Ahmed Ouattara (born 21 October 1983) is a Burkinabé former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Outtara was born in

Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking population (re ...

, Burkina Faso. After starting professionally in his country with

Rail Club du Kadiogo Rail Club du Kadiogo is a Burkinabé football and basketball club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade de Kadiogo. The club plays in orange and black. Honours *Burkinabé Premier League: 4 :: 2004-2005, 2015-2016, 20 ...

in 2003, Ouattara moved the following year to the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, signing with

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. Ouattara then spent the following years in France, always in the lower leagues (

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); he started with

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(24 matches and one goal in two half seasons), then

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(13 matches in 2007–08) and ÉDS Montluçon.

International career

Ouattara gained his first

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for

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

in 2003, and was a member of the national team at the

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, as it finished bottom of its group in the first round, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He also represented the nation at the

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, as it finished atop in group stage, before bowing out in the

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References

1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Bobo-Dioulasso Burkinabé men's footballers Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rail Club du Kadiogo players ASEC Mimosas players AS Cherbourg Football players US Raon-l'Étape players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's footballers in France Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in France Burkina Faso men's international footballers Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) players 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub