Narcisse Bambara

Narcisse Kiswensia Bambara (born 23 June 1989) is a Burkinabé former footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career
Narcisse Bambara was born on 23 June 1989 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, starting to play senior level football in 2011 at local club, Étoile Filante.

In 2012, he went to play in the Romanian top-division Liga I, making his debut in the league under the guidance of coach Ilie Stan on 15 September 2012 in a 3–1 away win over Gaz Metan Mediaș. He scored his first and only goal in the league on 17 May 2013 when he opened the score with a header from six meters in a 1–1 with CFR Cluj. For the 2014–15 season, Bambara went to play for Universitatea Cluj with whom by the end of the season he reached the 2015 Cupa României final where coach Adrian Falub sent him on the field in the 56th minute in order to replace Petar Jovanović in the eventual 3–0 loss in front of Steaua București. In his three seasons spent in Romania, Bambara gained a total of 67 Liga I games with one goal scored.

In 2015, Bambara went back to his country at RC Kadiogo with whom he won the 2015–16 Burkinabé Premier League, afterwards going to play two seasons for the club where he started his career, Étoile Filante.

In March 2018, he returned to Europe, going to play in the Moldovan National Division, signing with Speranța Nisporeni, making his debut in the league under coach Cristian Efros on 1 April in a 0–0 with Zaria Bălți. After playing seven games for Nisporeni, Bambara went to play for the second half of the season at Zimbru Chișinău where he made eight appearances.

In 2019, Bambara returned to Étoile Filante for a third time, after one year moving for a second spell at RC Kadiogo with whom in the 2021–22 season he won another Burkinabé Premier League title, playing nine games in the campaign, retiring afterwards.

International career
Narcisse Bambara played 16 games at international level for Burkina Faso, making his debut on 26 May 2012 under coach Paul Put in a friendly with Benin which ended 2–2. His following appearance was 4–0 win over Niger at the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Afterwards, Bambara played five matches at the successful 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, coach Put selecting him to be part of the squad that went at the final tournament, playing only in a 2–0 loss with Gabon, the team being unable to pass the group stage. Bambara's last two games for The Stallions were a 1–0 away loss in front of Botswana at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and a 2–2 with Ghana at the 2018 African Nations Championship qualifiers.

Honours
Universitatea Cluj RC Kadiogo
 * Cupa României runner-up: 2014–15
 * Burkinabé Premier League: 2015–16, 2021–22