Dango Ouattara
Burkinabé footballer (born 2002)
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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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Ouattara with Brentford in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| Positions | |||
| 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 | 32 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Burkina Faso | 42 | (13) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:52, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
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 24 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Majestic FC | 2019–20[20] | Burkinabé Premier League | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 5 | |
| Lorient B | 2020–21[21] | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[21] | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Lorient | 2021–22[21] | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 2022–23[21] | Ligue 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | ||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 7 | |||
| Bournemouth | 2022–23[22] | Premier League | 19 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24[23] | Premier League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2024–25[24] | Premier League | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | |
| Total | 81 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 11 | ||
| Brentford | 2025–26[25] | Premier League | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 |
| Career total | 172 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 30 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
International
- As of match played 31 March 2026[26]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 13 | |
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 January 2022 | Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon |  Tunisia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 3 June 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Cape Verde | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 7 June 2022 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Eswatini | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 2–1 | |||||
| 5 | 19 November 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Togo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 7 | 21 November 2023 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco |  Ethiopia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 10 June 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali |  Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 10 October 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Burundi | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 10 | 3–1 | |||||
| 11 | 5 September 2025 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |  Djibouti | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 6–0 | |||||
| 13 | 28 March 2026 | Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |  Guinea-Bissau | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
