Florent Rouamba
 Rouamba in 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 December 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | US Ouagadougou | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | ASFA Yennega | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 141 | (10) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | CA Bastia | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2015– | Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire | 135 | (2) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | Burkina Faso | 50 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Florent Rouamba (born 31 December 1986) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French club Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire. He has represented Burkina Faso at international level.
Career[]
Rouamba began his career with Union Sportive de Ouagadougou and was in January 2006 scouted from Sheriff Tiraspol, here wons in 2006 the league and cup also the double with FC Sheriff.[1] He won the Moldova Championship and Cup in 2008.[2] A highlight of his career was when he scored a 40-yard goal in the Europa Cup against AZ Alkmaar.
After an impressive performance in the African Nations Cup where Burkina Faso lost in the finals to Nigeria, Roumba began to attract more serious attention. On 28 March 2013, Rouamba signed a contract with English club Charlton Athletic until the end of the 2013 season.[3] This was possible because the transfer rules state that players without a club may join a club any time as was the case in joining Charlton Athletic.[4] At the end of the 2012–13 season, he left Charlton without making any first-team appearances.
On 8 January 2014, Rouamba joined French Ligue 2 side CA Bastia.
International[]
Rouamba had played for the Burkina Faso under-21 team. He is current member for the senior team of his homeland Burkina Faso.[5]
References[]
- ^ Moldovan Cup Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine on www.fmf.md
- ^ Football : Florent Rouamba on www.footballdatabase.eu
- ^ "Charlton snap up Rouamba". Charlton Athletic. 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Florent Rouamba: Charlton sign Burkina Faso international". BBC Sport. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ Brèves sportives : Amadou Coulibaly à Grenoble[permanent dead link] on www.destindelafrique.com
External links[]
- Florent Rouamba at National-Football-Teams.com
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