★ BREAKING NEWS
WAFU B / UFOA-B U20 2026: BURKINA FASO CROWNED CHAMPIONS
Unbeaten through the tournament in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso won the WAFU B/UFOA-B U20 2026 title with a 4-1 win over Nigeria in the final (goals: Bagayogo, Tapsoba, Dabo, Barro) after an extra-time semi-final win over Niger. Four RSM-represented players — Tapsoba, Zallé, Kogo and Mikaël Coulibaly — played every match of the campaign for the newly-crowned champions.
Ismaël Zallé with the WAFU B U20 trophy
Official result: Burkina Faso 4-1 Nigeria — Final
The squad celebrates on the pitch after the final whistle
Official FBF graphic — UFOA-B U20, Côte d'Ivoire 2026
🔄 TRANSFER NEWS
Tertius Bagré completes permanent transfer to CFFEB
Team captain Tertius Bagré has completed a permanent transfer to CFFEB (Centre de Formation de Football Espoir du Burkina), effective 1 August 2026. He leaves Real du Faso — where he made 43 appearances and captained the side across 2024-26 — as one of the RSM portfolio's most in-demand midfielders.
Tertius Bagré, team captain
CFFEB — Centre de Formation de Football Espoir du Burkina
🔄 TRANSFER NEWS
Salif Simporé's move to ŠTK Šamorín made permanent
Salif Simporé's loan at ŠTK Šamorín (Slovak 2. Liga) has been converted into a permanent transfer, with the option to buy exercised on 1 July 2026. The 19-year-old winger/forward joined Šamorín on loan in February 2026 after a breakout 2024-25 season and a red-hot start to 2025-26 (3 goals in 3 matches) at Real du Faso, and now begins life as a permanently-transferred squad member in Slovakia.
Salif Simporé
ŠTK Šamorín (2. Liga, Slovakia)
🔄 TRANSFER NEWS
Tertius Bagré set for loan move to CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) in September
Team captain Tertius Bagré, who completed a permanent transfer to CFFEB on 1 August 2026, is set for a new move abroad: a loan with an option to buy to Tunisian Ligue 1 side CS Sfaxien, effective September 2026 — the concrete transfer interest already flagged in his RSM portfolio profile.
Tertius Bagré, team captain
CS Sfaxien (Tunisian Ligue 1)
13 profiles, primarily from Real du Faso (Burkina Faso D1), ranked below by representation priority based on a combination of age / output / international exposure / RSM market estimate. Tap a card to open the player's full interactive media report (7 languages, statistics, videos, comparisons and detailed valuation) — everything is bundled in this single file, so it opens the same way by email or WhatsApp.
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#1
Top Priority
Asharaf LoukmanTAPSOBA
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
7
CAN Goals
5
UFOA Caps
2×
Titles
Top scorer and double continental champion at youth level — the most complete attacking prospect in the RSM portfolio.
#8
High Priority
FranckYERBANGA
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
21
25-26 Matches
4G/2A
Output
Best RW
U17 Bobo Award
Instinctive, line-breaking right winger — youngest and most developmental profile in the group, already carrying an individual U17 Bobo Tournament distinction.
#10
High Priority
Abdel MahamoudouSAWADOGO
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
19/19
Matches Played
1,530'
Minutes 25-26
RW/LW/RB
Versatility
Ever-present right winger — 19 matches out of 19 possible in his first tracked season, right-footed directness and genuine versatility across RW, LW and RB, still building his international profile.
#11
High Priority
SalifSIMPORÉ
ŠTK Šamorín · 2. Liga (SVK) · permanent transfer from Real du Faso
37
Career Matches
7
Career Goals
U20
Int'l Caps
Prolific 2024-25 breakout scorer at Real du Faso, sent on loan to Slovak second-tier side ŠTK Šamorín in February 2026 with the move made permanent on 1 July 2026 — a first test in European football, with a Burkina Faso U20 international goal already on his record.
#12
High Priority
Solomon TutuOSEI
Sasaamo Panin FC · Division Two League (Ghana)
48
Club Goals (43 Apps)
12
U20 Goals (3 Caps)
16
Club Assists
Explosive, physically dominant No.9 with a prolific goal record in Ghana — already compared to Victor Osimhen in the national press and personally observed by the senior national team coach.
Midfielders
#2
Top Priority
TertiusBAGRÉ
CFFEB · D1 Burkina Faso
4
CHAN 2024 Caps
10
Assists 24-26
Capt.
Team Captain
Team captain and senior international at CHAN 2024 — the only player in the portfolio already capped at senior level, with reported concrete transfer interest from Tunisian Ligue 1 side CS Sfaxien.
#4
High Priority
AllassaneSYLLA
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
32
25-26 Matches
7G/7A
Output
2×
AJSB MOTM
Dual goal/assist output plus a double AJSB distinction — export-ready profile still without international exposure.
#5
High Priority
Ouezen EddieKOGO
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
6
U17 WC Matches
30
D1 Matches
14
Assists
Starter at the FIFA U17 World Cup — box-to-box profile with the highest development ceiling in the group.
#6
High Priority
IsmaelZALLÉ
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
5
CAN Goals
13
UFOA Caps
2×
Titles
Pure screening midfielder, double continental champion U17/U20 — the youngest profile in the group, still developing.
Defenders
#3
High Priority
MikaelCOULIBALY
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
31
25-26 Matches
12
U17 Caps
6/6
U17 WC Starts
A wall on his flank — Team of the Season, starting left-back at the FIFA U17 World Cup, and reported interest from 9+ clubs.
#9
High Priority
LandryYAMÉOGO
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
24/24
D1 Legs Played
Bronze
CAN U17 2023
3
U17 WC Caps
Ever-present captain-turned-full-back — a bronze medallist at CAN U17 2023 with FIFA U17 World Cup caps, who did not miss a single D1 fixture all season.
#13
High Priority
Ysso DonatienBAMA
USFA · Ligue 1 Burkina Faso
2×
Burkina Faso Champion
1
UFOA-B U20 Title
78
Career Apps Logged
Polyvalent central defender, equally capable at right-back — double Burkina Faso champion with Rahimo FC and UFOA-B U20 champion, now into his first season with USFA.
Goalkeepers
#7
High Priority
Prince HamedOUÉDRAOGO
Real du Faso · D1 Burkina Faso
26
Matches 24-26
14
Clean Sheets
3×
Best GK Awards
A 1.95m wall between the posts — three Best Goalkeeper trophies, two Man-of-the-Match awards and a FIFA U17 World Cup call-up, all before turning 17.
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