Dango Ouattara

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Dango Ouattara
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Ouattara with AFC Bournemouth in 2023
Personal information
Full name Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara [1]
Date of birth (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Majestic FC 11 (5)
2020–2021 Lorient B 5 (1)
2021–2023 Lorient 43 (7)
2023–2025 Bournemouth 81 (9)
2025– Brentford 15 (3)
International career‡
2021– Burkina Faso 39 (12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:41, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:57, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara (born 11 February 2002) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for Premier League club Brentford and the Burkina Faso national team.

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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. [2] He made his professional debut with Lorient in a 1–1 Ligue 1 draw against Saint-Étienne on 8 August 2021. [3] He scored his first goal for the club on 20 April 2022, in a 1–0 win against Metz. [4]

Bournemouth

On 19 January 2023, Ouattara joined Premier League side Bournemouth, signing a contract until 2028. [5] He made his debut for the club two days later on 21 January 2023, in a 1–1 draw against Nottingham Forest. [6] He scored his first goal for the Cherries on 15 April 2023, a 95th-minute winner in a 3–2 away victory at Tottenham Hotspur. [7]

On 25 January 2025, Ouattara scored his first professional hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. [8]

Brentford

On 16 August 2025, Ouattara joined fellow Premier League side Brentford on a five-year contract, with the option of a further year. [9] He signed for a club record fee for Brentford, in a deal worth up to £42.5 million. [10] On 23 August 2025, he scored on his debut for the club in a 1–0 win against Aston Villa. [11]

International career

Ouattara received his first call-up to the Burkina Faso national team in November 2021 under Kamou Malo, although he did not feature in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [12]

Pre-selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations the following December [13] [14] , he made his senior international debut on 30 December 2021 in a goalless friendly draw against Mauritania. [15] Ouattara scored his first international goal a few days later in a 3–0 victory over Gabon. [16] [17] [18]

At the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, he scored a decisive goal in the semi-final against Tunisia, securing a 1–0 win. Starting from his own half, he held off challenges from Oussama Haddadi and Dylan Bronn before scoring the only goal of the match. He was later sent off in the 83rd minute. [19]

On 20 December 2023, he was included in the 27-player Burkina Faso squad selected by Hubert Velud for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Majestic FC 2019–20 [20] Burkinabé Premier League 11500—115
Lorient B 2020–21 [21] Championnat National 2 20——20
2021–22 [21] Championnat National 231——31
Total51——51
Lorient 2021–22 [21] Ligue 1 25110—261
2022–23 [21] Ligue 118600—186
Total43710—447
Bournemouth 2022–23 [22] Premier League 191——191
2023–24 [23] Premier League3011010321
2024–25 [24] Premier League3274210379
Total81952208811
Brentford 2025–26 [25] Premier League1530030183
Career total15525625016627
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup

International

As of match played 31 December 2025 [26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Burkina Faso 202110
2022115
202372
202493
2025112
Total3912

Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Dango Ouattara
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 January 2022 Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, CameroonFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–01–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
23 June 2022 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, MoroccoFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 2–02–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
37 June 2022 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1–13–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
42–1
519 November 2022Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, MoroccoFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–02–1 Friendly
628 March 2023 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 1–01–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
721 November 2023 Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, MoroccoFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3–03–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
810 June 2024 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, MaliFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 1–02–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification
910 October 2024 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1–14–1 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
103–1
115 September 2025 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-BissauFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 5–06–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
126–0

References

  1. ↑ "Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dango Ouattara signe son premier contrat professionnel". FC Lorient. 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Saint-Etienne vs. Lorient – 8 August 2021". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Lorient 1–0 Metz". ESPN. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ouattara becomes first January signing". AFC Bournemouth. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bournemouth 1–1 Nottingham Forest". ESPN. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth team news". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 January 2025). "Bournemouth 5–0 Nottingham Forest: Cherries win again to extend unbeaten run". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brentford sign Dango Ouattara for club-record fee". Brentford F.C. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Dango Ouattara: Brentford pay club record £42.5m to sign forward from Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Brentford 1–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Huchet, Arnaud (18 December 2021). "FC Lorient. Moffi, Ouattara… Quels sont les joueurs susceptibles de partir à la CAN ?". Ouest-France (in French).
  13. ↑ Huchet, Arnaud (21 December 2021). "Le Lorientais Dango Ouattara pré-sélectionné avec le Burkina-Faso". Ouest-France (in French).
  14. ↑ "Burkina Faso: 29 Players in Burkina Faso Provisional Totalenergies Afcon Squad". allAfrica.com. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Burkina Faso : CAN 2021, les étalons font nul (0–0) avec la Mauritanie en mach amical". KOACI (in French). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "Football. Le Lorientais Ouattara buteur contre le Gabon". Le Télégramme (in French). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "CAN 2021: le Burkina Faso corrige le Gabon, futur adversaire du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). 2 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (3 January 2022). "Prépa. CAN 2021 : perturbé par une affaire de primes, le Gabon étrillé par le Burkina Faso". Afrik-Foot (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "CAN: Dango Ouattara, héros malheureux, envoie le Burkina-Faso en demi-finale". La Croix (in French). 29 January 2022. ISSN   0242-6056 . Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "Dango Ouattara: Soccer player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "Dango Ouattara". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Dango Ouattara in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Dango Ouattara in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Dango Ouattara in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Dango Ouattara in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  26. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Dango Ouattara". National Football Teams.
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