Rahim Ouédraogo | |
Fullname: | Mamy Rahim Assane Ouédraogo |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1980 |
Birth Place: | Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | ASF Bobo |
Youthyears2: | 1996–1998 |
Youthclubs2: | Twente |
Years1: | 1998–2007 |
Clubs1: | Twente |
Caps1: | 141 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs2: | → Zwolle (loan) |
Caps2: | 14 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2007 |
Clubs3: | Skoda Xanthi |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2007–2008 |
Clubs4: | Heracles Almelo |
Caps4: | 19 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2009 |
Clubs5: | Emmen |
Caps5: | 13 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2009 |
Clubs6: | Manisaspor |
Caps6: | 4 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2010 |
Clubs7: | Emmen |
Caps7: | 9 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 205 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1999–2007 |
Nationalteam1: | Burkina Faso |
Nationalcaps1: | 21 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Mamy Rahim Assane Ouédraogo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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.[1] 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.[2] However, on 23 December 2009, his contract was mutually terminated.[3] In January 2010, he returned to Emmen, where he had played before joining Manisaspor, signing until the end of the season.[4]
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.
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. In December 2011, he revealed plans to establish a football school in Bama in 2012, alongside Mamadou Zongo and Ousmane Sanou.[5] 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.[6]