Rahim Ouédraogo

Rahim Ouédraogo
Personal information
Full name Mamy Rahim Assane Ouédraogo[1]
Date of birth (1980-10-08) 8 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
ASF Bobo
1996–1998 Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2007 Twente 141 (0)
2001–2002Zwolle (loan) 14 (1)
2007 Skoda Xanthi 5 (0)
2007–2008 Heracles Almelo 19 (0)
2009 Emmen 13 (1)
2009 Manisaspor 4 (0)
2010 Emmen 9 (0)
Total 205 (2)
International career
1999–2007 Burkina Faso 21 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mamy Rahim Assane Ouédraogo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Ouédraogo, whose preferred position on the field was as a defender, joined Twente at the age of 16, accompanying his brother-in-law to Enschede who was going to study.[2] He played for Twente until 2007. In the 2000–01 season, he had a brief stint at Zwolle on loan.

On 5 August 2009, he joined Manisaspor, signing a two-year contract with the Turkish club.[3] However, on 23 December 2009, his contract was mutually terminated.[4] In January 2010, he returned to Emmen, where he had played before joining Manisaspor, signing until the end of the season.[5]

International career

Ouédraogo was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Cup of Nations team, which finished at the bottom of their group in the first round, failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

After football

In February 2011, Ouédraogo started a bus route between the two largest cities in the country: the capital Ouagadougou and his hometown Bobo-Dioulasso. These buses serve the transportation needs of both goods and people.[2] In December 2011, he revealed plans to establish a football school in Bama in 2012, alongside Mamadou Zongo and Ousmane Sanou.[6] In 2012, he established Rahimo FC, and two of his players, Lassina Traoré and Issa Kaboré, subsequently achieved success for Ajax and Manchester City, respectively.[7]

References

  1. ^ Rahim Ouédraogo at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "'Hollandse' voorlopers van huidige helden in Burkina Faso". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Manisaspor Ouedraogo'yu transfer etti". NTV (in Turkish). 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Manisaspor Ouedraogo'yu gönderdi". NTV (in Turkish). 23 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Rahim Ouedraogo keert terug bij FC Emmen". FC Emmen (Press release) (in Dutch). 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Rahim Ouédraogo (1980)". Kent u deze Nog (in Dutch). 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Ouédraogo bracht talent naar Amsterdam: 'Die moet alleen naar Ajax, zei ik'". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2024.