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Early career
Djiga played his youth football with Vitesse in Burkina Faso. After having received various call-ups to their first team and having made his team debut during the last games of the 2018–19 season, he advanced to their squad in the 2019–20 season. Djiga played 14 games for them, scoring one goal, in the Deuxième Division the second tier of football in Burkina Faso. Despite the season remaining uncompleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because the team were league leaders, they won promotion to the Burkinabé Premier League. In the following season, Djiga was regular starter in the team. He received a calls-up to the Burkina Faso U20 team and played four games for them in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Basel
During the transfer window in the summer of 2021, Djiga signed for Swiss top flight side Basel, despite receiving interest from Lille in the French Ligue 1, as well as Belgian and Spanish clubs. Basel announced his signing on 19 June. Djiga joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. After having played in five test games, on 29 July 2021 Djiga debuted for them during a 2–0 away win over Partizani in the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. Unfortunately Djiga injured himself during the game and was forced out for six weeks with a capsular ligament injury in the left ankle. He returned to the team on 19 September to play the Swiss Cup match against armature team FC…
Djiga made his debut for the Burkina Faso national team in a 5–0 friendly loss to Kosovo on 24 March 2022. On 20 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Club
As of match played 21 March 2026
International
As of match played 31 March 2026
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Djiga goal.
- National team
- Burkina Faso
Legacy
Red Star Belgrade
Serbian SuperLiga: 2023-24, 2024–25 Serbian Cup: 2023–24, 2024–25
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Identifiers & aliases
Yacouba Nasser Djiga is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the Burkina Faso national team.
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