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 or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, wi ...

, Yaméogo began his career in his native Burkina Faso with ASFA Yennenga, 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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, Portimonense,

Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association First Division, the fifth tier of ...

, 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 Club Sportif Sfaxien under manager Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte.

International career

Yaméogo represented

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

, with which he made his international debut in 1999. He was part of the Burkinabé

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and was recalled for

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References

Living people 1980 births Footballers from Ouagadougou Burkinabe men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Primeira Liga players S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players Portimonense S.C. players S.C. Olhanense players C.F. União players ASFA Yennenga players ASC Jeanne d'Arc players Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Senegal Expatriate men's footballers in Senegal Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub