Soumaïla Ouattara (born 4 July 1995) is a Burkinabè professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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and the Burkina Faso national team. He has been described as a player who is comfortable with using both of his feet.

Club career

Ouattara began his career at

ASF Bobo Dioulasso Association Sportive des Fonctionnaires de Bobo Dioulasso also known as ASF Bobo Dioulasso for short is a Burkinabé football club based in Bobo Dioulasso. They play their home games at the Stade Municipal. The club plays in yellow and black. ...

in 2014 in Burkina Faso. In 2015, he signed for Ivorian club SOA before returning to Burkina Faso with Rahimo a year later. In 2017, he moved to Ajax Cape Town. Over the course of one season at the club, he played a total of two matches. His debut match was a 2–1 loss to

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on 5 January 2018, and his final match was a 1–0 loss to

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fifteen days later. At the end of the 2017–18 campaign, Ajax suffered relegation after being sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player. In the summer of 2018, Ouattara returned to his former club of Rahimo. On 5 February 2021, Ouattara signed for Moroccan club Raja Casablanca on a contract lasting until 2024. The transfer fee was reportedly worth 16 million CFA francs. His debut came in a 1–0 loss to

Hassania Agadir Hassania Union Sport d'Agadir ( ar, الحسنية الاتحاد الرياضي لأكادير, translit=al-ḥasaniyya al-ittiḥād ar-riyāḍiyy li-ʾagādīr, zgh, ⵍⵃⴰⵙⴰⵏⵢⵢⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵏⵏⵓⵏⵜ � ...

on 7 April 2021. On 29 August 2021, Ouattara signed for fellow Moroccan club

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International career

Ouattara made his debut 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 a 1–0

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victory over

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on 4 September 2019. His first competitive match was a 1–0 loss to

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

in the African Nations Championship on 16 January 2021.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Rahimo *

Burkinabé Premier League The Fasofoot D1 is the top division of the Burkinabé Football Federation. It was created in 1961. Burkinabé Premier League clubs – 2021-22 * AS Koupéla (Koupéla) * AS Douanes (Ouagadougou) * ASEC Koudougou (Koudougou) *ASFA Yennenga (Ouagad ...

: 2018–19 * Coupe du Faso:

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* Burkinabé SuperCup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ouattara, Soumaïla 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Bobo-Dioulasso Burkinabé men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Burkinabé Premier League players South African Premier Division players Botola players Danish 1st Division players ASF Bobo Dioulasso players SOA (football club) players Rahimo FC players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Raja CA players Fath Union Sport players Hobro IK players Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark 21st-century Burkinabé people 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Burkina Faso men's A' international footballers 2020 African Nations Championship players