Ahmed Ouattara

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Ahmed Ouattara
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-12-15) 15 December 1969 (age 52)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Africa Sports
1994–1998 Sion 54 (27)
1995–1997 → Sporting CP (loan) 20 (5)
1998–1999 Basel 17 (3)
1999 Extremadura 7 (1)
1999–2000 Al Shabab
2000–2001 Salgueiros 8 (1)
2001–2002 ASEC Mimosas
Total 106 (37)
National team
1989–1999 Ivory Coast 21 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ahmed Ouattara (born 15 December 1969) is an Ivorian former footballer who played as a striker.

He competed professionally, other than in his country, in Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.

Club career[]

Born in Abidjan, Ouattara started his career with Africa Sports National, remaining five years with the club after which he signed for FC Sion in Switzerland. He scored a career-best 17 goals in 30 games in the 1997–98 season, but his team could only rank seventh out of 12 in the Swiss Super League; during 13 years as a professional he also played for Sporting Clube de Portugal, CF Extremadura,[1][2] Al Shabab Al Arabi Club, S.C. Salgueiros and ASEC Mimosas.[3]

Ouattara appeared at the Europe XI v Africa XI friendly game in 1997.[4]

International career[]

Ouattara was a member of the Ivorian national side between 1989 and 1999. He scored four goals in 21 caps,[3] which included three FIFA World Cup qualification games.[5] He was part of the Africa Cup of Nations squads in 1994 and 1998.[6][7]

Honours[]

Player[]

FC Sion

References[]

  1. ^ "Ouattara, falto de forma, no debuta" [Ouattara, lacking in fitness, does not make debut]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 January 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Empate que complica la salvación" [Draw makes survival harder]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 April 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b Ahmed Ouattara at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "1997 Matches – Other Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  5. ^ Ahmed Ouattara – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ "African Nations Cup 1994". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  7. ^ "African Nations Cup 1998 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Coupe de Suisse: Christophe Bonvin, le recordman du FC Sion". rts.ch. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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