Charles Kaboré (born 9 February 1988) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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and the Burkina Faso national team. A Burkina Faso international since 2006, he has become the country's most capped player.

Club career

Kaboré played for the youth side of Association Sportive SONABEL and Etoile Filante Ouagadougou. In 2006, after two years with Etoile Filante Ouagadougou he was scouted from Libourne-Saint-Seurin. In January 2008, he was signed by

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from Libourne-Saint-Seurin. He acquired

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by naturalization in August 2010. In January 2013, he signed for Kuban Krasnodar of the

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. On 25 August 2015, he signed for the other Russian team,

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on loan with a buyout option. On 20 June 2016, FC Krasnodar bought his rights from Kuban and he signed a contract with them until 2019. On 20 May 2019, FC Krasnodar confirmed that Kaboré will leave the club after his contract expires at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 17 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Russian club

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. On 3 June 2022, Kaboré joined

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side

International career

Kaboré played his first international match 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 2006. On 24 March 2021, he played his 100th match for Burkina Faso in a goalless draw against

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during the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kaboré goal.''

Honours

Marseille *

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: 2009–10 *

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: 2009–10,

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, 2011–12 *

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Kuban Krasnodar * Russian Cup runner-up:

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Burkina Faso *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

The Official Website of Charles Kaboré
* * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Bobo-Dioulasso Men's association football midfielders Burkinabé men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of France 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players AS SONABEL players Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou players FC Libourne players Olympique de Marseille players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Krasnodar players FC Dynamo Moscow players Chamois Niortais F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Russian Premier League players Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Russia 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players FIFA Men's Century Club 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub