![]() Ouattara with AFC Bournemouth in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara [1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger/wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 1 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Burkina Faso | 30 | (10) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:15, 23 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 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 Premier League club Brentford and the Burkina Faso national team.
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]
On 19 January 2023, Ouattara joined Premier League side Bournemouth, signing a contract until 2028. [4] He made his debut for the club two days later on 21 January 2023, in a 1–1 draw against Nottingham Forest. [5] 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. [6]
On 25 January 2025, Ouattara scored his first professional hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. [7]
On 16 August 2025, Ouattara joined fellow Premier League side Brentford on a five-year contract, with the option of a further year. [8] He signed for a club record fee for Brentford, in a deal worth up to £42.5 million. [9] On 23 August 2025, he scored on his debut for the club in a 1–0 win against Aston Villa. [10]
Ouattara made his professional debut with the Burkina Faso national team in a 0–0 friendly tie with Mauritania on 30 December 2021. [11] He scored his first goal for Burkina Faso in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final win against Tunisia. [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Majestic FC | 2019–20 [13] | Burkinabé Premier League | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 5 | |
Lorient B | 2020–21 [13] | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [13] | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
Total | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
Lorient | 2021–22 [13] | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
2022–23 [13] | Ligue 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | ||
Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 7 | |||
Bournemouth | 2022–23 [14] | Premier League | 19 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
2023–24 [15] | Premier League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
2024–25 [16] | Premier League | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | |
Total | 81 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 11 | ||
Brentford | 2025–26 [17] | Premier League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Career total | 141 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 25 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Burkina Faso | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 11 | 5 | |
2023 | 7 | 2 | |
2024 | 9 | 3 | |
2025 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 10 |
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 29 January 2022 | Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
2 | 3 June 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3 | 7 June 2022 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4 | 2–1 | |||||
5 | 19 November 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
6 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
7 | 21 November 2023 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 10 June 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 10 October 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ![]() | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
10 | 3–1 |