Aristide Bancé

Who is this?

Aristide Bancé (born 19 September 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his European career at Lokeren, scoring 27 goals in 87 Jupiler Pro League games. After a season in Ukraine with Metalurh Donetsk, he moved to German club Mainz 05. In his first season at Mainz he helped the club achieve promotion to the Bundesliga with 14 league goals, as well as the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal, scoring 4 goals in the latter competition. The next season, under Thomas Tuchel, he helped Mainz staying in the German top tier and achieve 9th place by scoring 10 goals in the 2009–10 Bundesliga. In 2013, Bancé helped his national team to reach the final of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso's greatest achievement in football to date. He scored both the equaliser and the winning kick in the eventual penalty shootout in the semi-final against Ghana. In the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, he scored the first goal in Burkina Faso's win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals, and in the semi-final scored a late equaliser against Egypt to take the game to a penalty shootout. Burkina Faso lost the shootout and eventually finished third overall in the cup by defeating Ghana in the third place play-off.

Career

1. 1984
   Born
2. 2000
   Joined Stade d'Abidjan
3. 2001
   Joined AS Athlétic Adjamé
4. 2002
   Joined Santos FC
5. 2003
   Joined K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
6. 2003
   Joined Burkina Faso men's national football team
7. 2006
   Joined FC Metalurh Donetsk
8. 2007
   Joined Beerschot A.C.
9. 2008
   Joined Kickers Offenbach
10. 2008
    Joined 1. FSV Mainz 05
11. 2010
    Joined Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club
12. 2011
    Joined Samsunspor FC
13. 2011
    Joined Umm Salal SC
14. 2012
    Joined FC Augsburg
15. 2013
    Joined Fortuna Düsseldorf
16. 2014
    Joined Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
17. 2015
    Joined FC Irtysh Pavlodar
18. 2015
    Joined Chippa United F.C.
19. 2016
    Joined Riga FC
20. 2016
    Joined ASEC Mimosas
21. 2017
    Joined Al Masry SC
22. 2019
    Joined Union Sportive des Forces Armées
23. 2019
    Joined Horoya AC

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Abidjan
• •Citizenship: Burkina Faso
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football