Ali Rabo (born 6 June 1986) is a Burkinabé international

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who plays as a

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Career

Born in

Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso ( , ) is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo- Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking pop ...

, Rabo has played club football for

ASFA Yennenga Association Sportive du Faso-Yennenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. The club's home games are played at Stade du 4-Août. The club was founded in 1947 and won its first title in 1973 as ''Jeanne d'Arc''. History The club ...

Ittihad El-Shorta Ittihad El Shorta (), also known as Police Union, or simply El Shorta, is an Egyptian football club based in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The club was founded in 1980 and competes in Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the Egypti ...

, Baghdad FC, El Mokawloon,

Amanat Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (), the team merged ...

Masafi Masafi () is a village located on the edge of the Hajar Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. It sits at the inland entrance of the Wadi Ham, which runs down to Fujairah City. The border between the emirates of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah runs ...

and Becamex Bình Dương. Rabo won 10 caps for

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

between 2012 and 2015.

References

1986 births Living people Burkinabe men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers ASFA Yennenga players Ittihad El Shorta SC players Amanat Baghdad SC players Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players Masafi Club players Becamex Binh Duong FC players Egyptian Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players V.League 1 players 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub