Oumarou Nébié is a

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 ...

professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

and the

Burkina Faso national football team The Burkina Faso national football team () represents Burkina Faso in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 198 ...

International career

In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the

squad for the

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. The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to

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and

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and then drawing with

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References

Living people Burkinabe men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Burkina Faso men's A' international footballers ASFA Yennenga players 1990 births Men's association football midfielders Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou players 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub