Boureima Hassane Bandé (born 30 October 1998) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club HJK and the Burkina Faso national team.

Club career

Mechelen

Bandé made his professional debut for

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in a 2–1

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

loss to Royal Antwerp F.C. on 19 August 2017, and scored his team's only goal despite coming on as a late substitute. Bandé became a first-team regular, scoring nine goals in his first fifteen games. Amid growing interest from many clubs, including

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and

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, on 4 December 2017, Bandé agreed to join

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at the end of the 2017–18 season for a reported fee of €9.5 million. He finished the season with 27 appearances and 12 goals, though Mechelen still finished bottom of the Belgian First Division and were relegated.

Ajax

On 4 December 2017, Bandé signed for Ajax in a deal that saw him leave Mechelen after the 2017–18 season. However, Bandé broke his calf bone and raptured his ankle ligament during the preparation of the 2018–19 season in a friendly game against

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. A year later, in September 2019, he finally recovered from these injuries and was registered for

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Jong Ajax is the only reserve team to have won a title in Dutch professional foot ...

. Bandé made four appearances for

, before he on 27 January 2020 was sent out on loan to Swiss club

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until 30 June 2021. Thun was relegated at the end of the 2019–20 season and Bandé returned early to Ajax in October 2020. On 9 February 2021, Bandé was sent on loan to

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club Istra 1961 for a season and a half.

Amiens

On 24 August 2022, Bandé signed a three-year contract with French

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club

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. He left the club after one season.

HJK

On 11 August 2023, Bandé signed a two-year deal with Finnish champions HJK for an undisclosed fee. Bandé scored his first goal in

on 16 September 2023, in a 2–0 win against Inter Turku. Bandé made his first start, and scored HJK's first goal, in the

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group stage opening match against

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in a 2–3 loss. He made a total of seven appearances in HJK's 2023–24 European campaign, scoring twice.

International career

Bandé made his professional debut for the Burkina Faso national team in a 4–0 2018 World Cup qualification win over

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on 14 November 2017. He was named in the Burkina Faso squad in the delayed

2023 Africa Cup of Nations The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was the 34th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournam ...

tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of match played 10 September 2024. Burkina Faso score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bandé goal.''

Honours

Ajax *

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: 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19 HJK *

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Finnish League Cup The Finnish League Cup (in Finnish: ''Liigacup''), is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is most ...

runner-up: 2025

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandé, Boureima 1998 births Living people People from Ouagadougou Men's association football forwards Burkinabe men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Salitas FC players K.V. Mechelen players AFC Ajax players Jong Ajax players FC Thun players NK Istra 1961 players Amiens SC players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players Swiss Super League players Croatian Football League players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Veikkausliiga players Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen