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Africa Cup 2022 - National Football Team - Burkina Faso - Squad

 BURKINA FASO 
Group A Last Sixteen Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Third Place

Burkina Faso forward Bertrand Traore returned for club side Aston Villa on 26 December 2021 after over two months out injured.
 
Appearance: 12th
Best finish: Runners-up (2013)
Coach: Kamou Malo
Captain: Issoufou Dayo
Fifa ranking: 60
Nickname: The Stallions

 

BURKINA FASO
Squad


Goalkeepers

Herve Koffi 
(Charleroi, Belgium)

Aboubacar Sawadogo 
(Kadiogo, Burkina Faso)

Soufiane Farid Ouedraogo 
(Fuenlabrada, Spain)

Kilian Nikiema 
(ADO Den Haag, Netherlands)


Defenders

Edmond Tapsoba 
(Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)

Issoufou Dayo 
(Renaissance Berkane, Morocco)

Steeve Yago 
(Aris Limassol, Cyprus)

Oula Traore 
(Horoya, Guinea)

Patrick Malo 
(Hassania Agadir, Morocco)

Issa Kabore 
(Troyes, France)

Hermann Nikiema 
(Salitas, Burkina Faso)

Soumaila Ouattara 
(FUS Rabat, Morocco)


Midfielders 

Adama Guira 
(Racing Rioja, Spain)

Blati Toure 
(Eskilstuna, Sweden)

Gustavo Sangare 
(Quevilly-Rouen, France)

Ismahila Ouedraogo 
(PAOK, Greece)

Dramane Nikiema 
(Horoya, Guinea)

Saidou Simpore 
(Al Ittihad, Egypt)

Eric Traore 
(Pyramids, Egypt)

Cyrille Barros Bayala 
(AC Ajaccio, France)

Hassane Bande 
(Istra 1961, Croatia)


Forwards 

Dango Ouattara 
(Lorient, France)

Cheick Djibril Ouattara 
(Olympique Safi, Morocco)

Zakaria Sanogo 
(Ararat-Armenia, Armenia)

Kouame Botue 
(AC Ajaccio, France)

Bertrand Traore 
(Aston Villa, England)

Abdoul Tapsoba 
(Standard Liege, Belgium)

Mohamed Konate 
(Akhmat, Russia)

 

 

28 Jan 2022
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