Oumar Barro
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-06-03) 3 June 1974
Place of birth Upper Volta
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Étoile Filante Ouagadougou
1998–1999 Mamelodi Sundowns
1999–2002 Brøndby 19 (3)
2003–2010 Rail Club Kadiogo
International career
1996–2003 Burkina Faso[1] 48 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oumar Barro (born 3 June 1974) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer. A midfielder, Barro gained 29 caps for the Burkina Faso national team, and had a three-year stint with Brøndby IF of the Danish Superliga between 1999 and 2002.

Football career

Club career

After having played in his home country Burkina Faso for Étoile Filante Ouagadougou and shortly in South Africa for Mamelodi Sundowns,[2] Barro signed a four-year contract with Danish Superliga club Brøndby on 7 September 1999.[3][4] He had a slow start to his career in Europe, mainly a reserve behind Peter Graulund and Ruben Bagger. In his first start for the club on 2 October 2000, he scored a hat-trick against Haderslev FK.[5] The three goals proved to be his only for the club from Vestegnen, as he terminated his contract by mutual consent on 11 September 2002.[6] He ended his career in his native Burkina Faso with Rail Club Kadiogo.[7]

International career

Barro represented the Burkinabé national team at the 1998 African Nations Cup tournament, which finished fourth after losing to Congo DR on penalties in the bronze final. He was later part of the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cup teams, which finished bottom of their respective groups in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He played 29 matches for national team and scored 5 goals.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/burk-recintlp.html
  2. ↑ "Sundowns leave Pirates behind". The Mail & Guardian. 19 March 1998.
  3. ↑ Reyes, Marco de los (6 September 1999). "Brøndby ruster op". Berlingske.dk (in Danish).
  4. ↑ "Spiller fra Burkina Faso til Brøndby IF". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 7 September 1999.
  5. ↑ Hansen, Brian Haagen (2 October 2000). "Barro bragede". B.T. (in Danish).
  6. ↑ "Oumar Barros kontrakt ophævet - Brøndby IF". brondby.com (in Danish). 11 September 2002.
  7. ↑ Zingue, Sylvain (17 March 2006). "11e journée du championnat national de football : RCK # ASECK : suprématie totale des Faucons - leFaso.net". lefaso.net (in French).


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