Dango Ouattara
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{{Short description|Burkinabé footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dango Ouattara
| image = Dango Ouattara 2023.jpg
| caption = Ouattara with AFC Bournemouth in 2023
| full_name = Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara{{cite news |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3044867 |title=Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23 |publisher=Premier League |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=6 February 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
| height = 1.77 m
| currentclub = Bournemouth
| clubnumber = 11
| years1 = 2019–2020
| clubs1 = Majestic FC
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2020–2021
| clubs2 = Lorient B
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2021–2023
| clubs3 = Lorient
| caps3 = 43
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2023–
| clubs4 = Bournemouth
| caps4 = 81
| goals4 = 9
| nationalyears1 = 2021–
| nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 10
| club-update = 20:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 23:05, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
}}
Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara (born 11 February 2002) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for {{English football updater|AFCBourn}} club Bournemouth and the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
=Lorient=
A youth product of the Burkinabè club Majestic, Ouattara joined the reserves of Lorient in 2020. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 20 May 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://fclweb.fr/dango-ouattara-signe-son-premier-contrat-professionnel/|title=Dango Ouattara signe son premier contrat professionnel|date=20 May 2021|website=FC Lorient}} He made his professional debut with Lorient in a 1–1 Ligue 1 tie with Saint-Étienne on 8 August 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/08/france/ligue-1/association-sportive-de-saint-etienne-loire/football-cub-lorient-bretagne-sud/3525909/|title=Saint-Etienne vs. Lorient – 8 August 2021|website=Soccerway}}
=Bournemouth=
On 19 January 2023, Premier League club Bournemouth announced the signing of Ouattara on a contract until 2028.{{Cite web |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/ouattara-becomes-first-january-signing/|title=Ouattara becomes first January signing|date=9 January 2023 |website=afcb.co.uk |accessdate=2023-01-09}} He scored his first goal for the Cherries on 15 April, a 95th-minute winner in a 3–2 away victory at Tottenham Hotspur.{{Cite news |title=Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth team news |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65217808 |access-date=2023-04-15}}
On 25 January 2025, Ouattara scored his first professional hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.{{cite news|first=Phil|last=McNulty|title=Bournemouth 5–0 Nottingham Forest: Cherries win again to extend unbeaten run|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cj48518eyzwt|date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport}}
International career
Ouattara made his professional debut with the Burkina Faso national team in a 0–0 friendly tie with Mauritania on 30 December 2021.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} He scored his first goal for Burkina Faso in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final win against Tunisia.{{cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Mauritania vs. Burkina Faso (0:0) |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/32940/Mauritania_Burkina_Faso.html |website=National Football Teams}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/dango-aboubacar-faissal-ouattara/675906|title=Dango Ouattara|access-date=9 March 2024|website=Soccerway}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majestic FC
|11 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2" |— | 11 | 5 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Lorient B
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Championnat National 2 |3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Lorient
|25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|Ligue 1 |18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 6 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!43||7||1||0||colspan="2"|—||44||7 | ||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Bournemouth
|19 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24
|Premier League |30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2024–25
|Premier League |32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!81||9||5||2||2||0||88||11 | ||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!140 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 24 |
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= International =
{{updated|match played 24 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/85101/Dango_Ouattara.html|title=Dango Ouattara|website=National Football Teams|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals | ||
| rowspan="5"|Burkina Faso
|2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total | 30 | 10 |
|---|
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Dango Ouattara !No. !Date !Venue !Opponent !Score !Result !Competition | ||||||
| align="center"|1 | 29 January 2022 | Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon | {{fb|TUN}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| align="center"|2 | 3 June 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | {{fb|CPV}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|3 | rowspan="2"|7 June 2022 | rowspan="2"|FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | rowspan="2"|{{fb|SWZ}} | align="center"|1–1 | rowspan="2" align="center"|3–1 | rowspan="2"|2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|2–1 | |||||
| align="center"|5 | 19 November 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | {{fb|CIV}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–1 | Friendly |
| align="center"|6 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | {{fb|TOG}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|7 | 21 November 2023 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco | {{fb|ETH}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|8 | 10 June 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | {{fb|SLE}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|9 | rowspan="2"|10 October 2024 | rowspan="2"|Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | rowspan="2"|{{fb|BDI}} | align="center"|1–1 | rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1 | rowspan="2"|2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| align="center"|10 | align="center"|3–1 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.afcb.co.uk/teams/First%20Team/dango-ouattara Dango Ouattara] at AFC Bournemouth
- {{Premier League player}}
- {{Soccerway|dango-aboubacar-faissal-ouattara/675906}}
- {{GSA player|aboubacar-ouattara/338884}}
{{AFC Bournemouth squad}}
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{{Burkina Faso squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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Category:Footballers from Ouagadougou
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Category:Burkinabe Premier League players
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