Soumaïla Ouattara (born 4 July 1995) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Al-Hudood. He has been described as a player who is equally comfortable with both of his feet.

Club career

Ouattara began his career at ASF Bobo Dioulasso in 2014 in Burkina Faso. In 2015, he signed for Ivorian club SOA before returning to Burkina Faso with Rahimo a year later. In 2017, he moved to

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. Over the course of one season at the club, he played a total of two matches. His debut match was a 2–1 loss to Maritzburg United on 5 January 2018, and his final match was a 1–0 loss to

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fifteen days later. At the end of the 2017–18 campaign, Ajax suffered relegation after being sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player. In the summer of 2018, Ouattara returned to his former club of Rahimo. On 5 February 2021, Ouattara signed for Moroccan club

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on a contract lasting until 2024. The transfer fee was reportedly worth 16 million

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s. His debut came in a 1–0 loss to

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on 7 April 2021. On 29 August 2021, Ouattara signed for fellow Moroccan club

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. On 29 April 2025, he joined

club Al-Hudood.

International career

Ouattara made his debut for

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in a 1–0 friendly victory over

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on 4 September 2019. His first competitive match was a 1–0 loss to

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in the

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on 16 January 2021.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Rahimo *

Burkinabé Premier League The Fasofoot D1 is the top division of the Burkinabé Football Federation. It was created in 1961. Burkinabé Premier League clubs (2021–22) * AS Koupéla ( Koupéla) * AS Douanes (Ouagadougou) * ASEC Koudougou ( Koudougou) * ASFA Yennenga (Ou ...

: 2018–19 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ouattara, Soumaïla 1995 births Living people Footballers from Bobo-Dioulasso Burkinabe men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Burkinabe Premier League players South African Premier Division players Botola players Danish 1st Division players Iraq Stars League players ASF Bobo Dioulasso players SOA (football club) players Rahimo FC players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Raja CA players Fath Union Sport players Hobro IK players Al-Hudood SC players Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Burkina Faso men's A' international footballers 2020 African Nations Championship players 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Iraq