Salimata Simporé
Burkinabé footballer
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Salimata Simporé (born 29 January 1987) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a forward for Belarusian Premier League club FC Minsk and the Burkina Faso women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 January 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Minsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Princesses | ||
| 2006 | Las Vegas | ||
| 2015 | Princesses | ||
| 2016 | USFA | ||
| 2019 | Etincelles | ||
| 2020 | Dinamo Minsk | 17 | (19) |
| 2021 | Malabo Kings | 1 | (0) |
| 2022- | FC Minsk | 10 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Equatorial Guinea | (5) | |
| 2007– | Burkina Faso | (13) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2020.[2] | |||
Club career
International career
Between 2006 and 2010, Burkinabé-born Simporé used to play for Equatorial Guinea as a naturalized player, having integrated the Equatorial Guinea's squads that won the 2008 African Women's Championship and reached the second place in the 2010 African Women's Championship, which allowed Equatorial Guinea to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Around April 2011, Simporé was removed from national team by the Italian-born Brazilian coach Marcelo Frigerio, who had recently assumed, just a few months before participating in the World Cup, that Simporé was male.[9] Since then, Simporé was never called-up by Equatorial Guinea.
Simporé was a member of the Burkina Faso women's national football team in 2007 (as their captain), scoring 8 goals,[10] and 2018.[11]
International goals
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |  Congo | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 2 | 23 May 2010 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Namibia | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship qualification |
| 3 | 8 November 2010 | Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa |  Ghana | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 4 | 11 November 2010 |  South Africa | 1–0 | |||
| 5 | 3–0 |
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 February 2018 | Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Niger | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2018 WAFU Women's Cup |
| 2 | 16 February 2018 | Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 3 | 7 April 2018 | Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |  Gambia | 2–1 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 4 | 2–1 | |||||
| 5 | 10 April 2018 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Gender controversy
Beyond the mechanism by which Simporé was naturalized by Equatorial Guinea, the main controversy arose regarding whether Simporé was actually a man. In 2015, Frigerio, now a former national team coach for Equatorial Guinea, told the Brazilian press Simporé is in fact a man.[9]
Honors and awards
National team
- Equatorial Guinea