Florent Rouamba

Florent Rouamba

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-12-31) 31 December 1986
Place of birth	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	CA Bastia
Number	17
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–	CA Bastia	38	(0)
International career‡
2004–	Burkina Faso	43	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2013

Florent Rouamba (born 31 December 1986) is a Burkinabé professional footballer, who currently plays in France for CA Bastia.

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. He won the Moldova Championship and Cup in 2008. 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. 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. 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.

External links

• Florent Rouamba at National-Football-Teams.com