Mamy Rahim Assane Ouédraogo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé former professional
footballer who played as a
defender.
Club career
Ouédraogo, whose preferred position on the field was as a
defender, joined
Twente at the age of 16, accompanying his brother-in-law to
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
who was going to study.
He played for Twente until 2007. In the 2000–01 season, he had a brief stint at
Zwolle on loan.
On 5 August 2009, he joined
Manisaspor, signing a two-year contract with the Turkish club. However, on 23 December 2009, his contract was mutually terminated. In January 2010, he returned to
Emmen, where he had played before joining Manisaspor, signing until the end of the season.
International career
Ouédraogo was a member of the Burkinabé
2004 African Cup of Nations
The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...
team, which finished at the bottom of their group in the first round, failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.
After football
In February 2011, Ouédraogo started a bus route between the two largest cities in the country: the capital
Ouagadougou and his hometown
Bobo-Dioulasso. These buses serve the transportation needs of both goods and people.
In December 2011, he revealed plans to establish a football school in
Bama in 2012, alongside
Mamadou Zongo
Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.
Club career
Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso. He signed on a free transfer for Romanian club U Cluj in November 2007 and ha ...
and
Ousmane Sanou.
In 2012, he established
Rahimo FC
Rahimo Football Club is a Burkinabé football team based in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, which competes in the Burkinabé Premier League.
History
Rahimo Football Club was founded in 2012 in Bobo-Dioulasso by retired former Les Étalons player R ...
, and two of his players,
Lassina Traoré and
Issa Kaboré, subsequently achieved success for
Ajax and
Manchester City
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, respectively.
References
External links
FC Twente Biography
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1980 births
Living people
Burkinabé men's footballers
Burkina Faso men's international footballers
2000 African Cup of Nations players
2004 African Cup of Nations players
FC Twente players
PEC Zwolle players
Xanthi F.C. players
Heracles Almelo players
FC Emmen players
Manisaspor footballers
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Süper Lig players
Super League Greece players
Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Footballers from Bobo-Dioulasso
Men's association football defenders
21st-century Burkinabé people