Narcisse Yaméogo (born 19 November 1980) is a Burkinabé former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Born in

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

, Yaméogo began his career in his native Burkina Faso with

ASFA Yennenga Association Sportive du Faso-Yennenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. The club's home games are played at Stade du 4-Août. The club was founded in 1947 and won its first title in 1973 as ''Jeanne d'Arc''. History The club w ...

, before moving to Senegal with

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. He then moved to Portugal, where he spent the majority of his career, playing for

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, Ribeirão,

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and A.D. Camacha, with short spells in Bahrain with

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and Azerbaijan with Mughan FK. Following his retirement from playing, Yaméogo was an assistant coach of

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under manager Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte. In April 2015, he was hired as an assistant coach of

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under manager Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte.

International career

Yaméogo represented

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 ...

, with which he made his international debut in 1999. He was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup and was recalled for 2010 African Cup of Nations.Burkina Faso indica os 23 jogadores

References

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