Florent Rouamba

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Florent Rouamba

| image = Florent Rouamba.jpg

| upright = 0.7

| caption = Rouamba in 2009

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1999–2002

| youthclubs1 = US Ouagadougou

| years1 = 2003–2005

| clubs1 = ASFA Yennega

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2006–2012

| clubs2 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps2 = 141

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = Charlton Athletic

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = CA Bastia

| caps4 = 38

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2015–2020

| clubs5 = Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire

| caps5 = 110

| goals5 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2014

| nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso

| nationalcaps1 = 50

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|Burkina Faso}}}}

}}

Florent Rouamba (born 31 December 1986) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented Burkina Faso at international level, making 50 appearances.

Club career

Rouamba began his career with Union Sportive de Ouagadougou and was in January 2006 scouted from Sheriff Tiraspol. They won in 2006 the league and cup also the double with FC Sheriff.[http://www.fmf.md/moldcup_en.htm Moldovan Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214221440/http://fmf.md/moldcup_en.htm |date=14 February 2009 }} on www.fmf.md He won the Moldova Championship and Cup in 2008.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} A highlight of his career was when he scored a 40-yard goal in the Europa Cup against AZ Alkmaar.

After an impressive performance in the African Nations Cup where Burkina Faso lost in the finals to Nigeria, Roumba began to attract more serious attention. On 28 March 2013, Rouamba signed a contract with English club Charlton Athletic until the end of the 2013 season.{{cite web | title=Charlton snap up Rouamba | publisher=Charlton Athletic | date=28 March 2013 | url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20130328-charlton-sign-florent-rouamba-739149.aspx}} This was possible because the transfer rules state that players without a club may join a club any time as was the case in joining Charlton Athletic.{{cite news|title=Florent Rouamba: Charlton sign Burkina Faso international|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21970910|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 March 2012|access-date=3 May 2013}} At the end of the 2012–13 season, he left Charlton without making any first-team appearances.

On 8 January 2014, Rouamba joined French Ligue 2 side CA Bastia.

International career

Rouamba had played for the Burkina Faso under-21 team. He is current member for the senior team of his homeland Burkina Faso.[http://www.destindelafrique.com/Breves-sportives-Amadou-Coulibaly-a-Grenoble_a393.html Brèves sportives : Amadou Coulibaly à Grenoble]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on www.destindelafrique.com