Ben Idrissa Dermé (21 January 1982 – 11 September 2016) was a Burkinabé professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in Abra, Dermé played club football in Burkino Faso, Moldova, and France for Étoile Filante,

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

, US Ouagadougou,

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CA Bastia Cercle Athlétique Bastiais or CA Bastia was a French football club from Bastia, Corsica. The team's highest point was playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system, in 2013–14. Their historic home stadium was the ...

ÉF Bastia Étoile Filante Bastiaise or ÉF Bastia was a French association football club from Biguglia, Corsica. Founded in 1920, they last played in the Regional 1, Corsica in the sixth tier of the French football league system, following relegation in 2 ...

and AJ Biguglia. He earned three caps for the Burkina Faso national team between 2006 and 2010. Dermé died on 11 September 2016 following a

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during a

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match.

References

1982 births 2016 deaths Men's association football defenders Burkinabé men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players US Ouagadougou players USC Corte players CA Bastia players ÉF Bastia players Moldovan Super Liga players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Association football players who died while playing Sport deaths in France 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub