Ousseni Bouda
Ousseni Bouda (born 28 April 2000) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes and the Burkina Faso men's national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ousseni Bouda | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
| 2015–2018 | Millbrook Mustangs | ||
| 2015–2019 | Black Rock FC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Stanford Cardinal | 39 | (10) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | San Jose Earthquakes | 20 | (1) |
| 2022– | San Jose Earthquakes II | 5 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2022– | Burkina Faso | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 18 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Bouda was the recipient of the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award for the 2017–18 season. The award is a nationally recognized honor given to the best high school athlete in each sport in the United States.
Career edit
Born in Burkina Faso, Ousseni Bouda spent four years at the Right To Dream Academy in Ghana. He then moved to the Millbrook School in New York, and led the Millbrook Mustangs to win three straight championships in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council tournament.[2] He was honored with the Gatorade National Soccer Player of the Year, a national award given to the best boy's high school soccer player.[3][4] Bouda finished his high school career with 82 appearances for the Mustangs, scoring 156 goals. In his last two high school games, Bouda scored five goals in each game leading the Mustangs to win the championship.
Listed as a five-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer,[5] Bouda played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal men's soccer program.[6] He was the first Stanford soccer player to win the Gatorade High School Player of the Year Award.[7] On August 30, 2019, Bouda made his collegiate debut for Stanford, in a 5–0 win against Penn State. In the same match, Bouda made his first college start and scored his first college goal. On October 15, 2019 Bouda earned the Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week, being the first freshman of the season to earn the honor.[8] On November 20, 2019, concluding the 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season, Bouda was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.[9]
Bouda sat out the 2020 season due to injury. In the 2021 season, he led Stanford with nine assists and five goals, and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team and to the All-Pac-12 first team.[10]
On January 6, 2022, Bouda was announced as one of the eight members of the 2022 Generation Adidas class ahead of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft.[11] Five days later, he was chosen by the San Jose Earthquakes as their first choice and the eighth overall choice in the MLS SuperDraft.[12]
International edit
Bouda is a member of the Burkina Faso senior national team. He also appeared with the Burkina Faso U-20 team in 2019.
Honors edit
Individual
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year: 2019
- Pac- 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2019; Sept. 3, 2021; Oct. 4, 2021)
- Gatorade High School Player of the Year: 2017–18
- Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman First Team: 2019
- College Soccer News All – Freshman First Team: 2019
- United Soccer Coaches All – Far West Region: 2019, 2021
- All-PAC 12 First Team: 2019, 2021
- High School All American: 2018–2019
- United Soccer Coaches All American: 2018–2019
- New England Soccer Journal Player of the year: 2018–2019
- USA TODAY – ALL AMERICAN boys soccer player of the year: 2018–2019
References edit
- ^ "Gatorade® National Boys Soccer Player Of The Year: Ousseni Bouda" (PDF). playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Gatorade. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ Gatorade (June 6, 2018). "Gatorade® National Boys Soccer Player Of The Year: Ousseni Bouda". PR Newswire. Cision. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Sigal, Jonathan (November 20, 2018). "Ousseni Bouda powers Millbrook to Class C championship". New England Soccer Journal. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ "Ousseni Bouda named Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year". Soccerwire.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ "Ousseni Bouda – Top Drawer Soccer". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Hall, Brendan (August 13, 2018). "Class of 19: The 19 Names to know for the upcoming school year". USA Today. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Eskilson, J. R. (June 7, 2018). "Ousseni Bouda's legendary course". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ "Bouda wins first Pac-12 Player of the Week Honor". Pac-12.
- ^ "Pac-12 announces men's soccer All-Conference honors". Pac-12. November 20, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Bouda Back in The Bay". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Generation adidas class announced | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
- ^ sjearthquakes. "NEWS: Earthquakes Select Stanford Forward Ousseni Bouda and Clemson Defender Oskar Agren in First Round of 2022 MLS SuperDraft | San Jose Earthquakes". sjearthquakes. Retrieved January 12, 2022.