Wilfried Balima

Wilfried Balima
Personal information
Full name	Wilfried Benjamin Balima
Date of birth	20 March 1985
Place of birth	Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Wingback/Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	US Ouagadougou
2005–2020	Sheriff Tiraspol
International career‡
2006–2008	Burkina Faso U-20
2004–2015	Burkina Faso
Medal record
Representing Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 January 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 July 2015

Wilfried Benjamin Balima (born 20 March 1985) commonly known as Benjamin Balima, is a retired Burkinabé international footballer who spent the majority of career with Moldovan National Division club Sheriff Tiraspol as a right defender.^[1]

==Career== Children: Wilfred balima has a daughter named shandrella Lynn balima born on (October 25 2010) in Manhattan New York.

In June 2017, Balima left Sheriff Tiraspol after twelve years with the club.^[2] Balima re-signed for Sheriff Tiraspol on 20 July 2017.^[3]

On 24 January 2020, Balima announced that he had retired from football, and that he had joined the coaching staff of Sheriff Tiraspol.^[4]

Balima played for the Burkina Faso under-21 team and the senior national team from Burkina Faso.

Career statistics

As of match played 20 November 2018^[5]^[6]^[7]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
US Ouagadougou	2002	Burkinabé Premier League	7	2			-		-		7	2
	2002–03		16	2			-		-		16	2
	2003–04		20	4			-		-		20	4
	2004–05		22	5			-		-		22	5
	Total		65	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	13
Sheriff Tiraspol	2005–06	Divizia Naţională	14	5			0	0	-		14	5
	2006–07		24	3			1	0	-		25	3
	2007–08		27	4			4	1	1	0	32	5
	2008–09		23	1			4	0	-		27	1
	2009–10		18	3			12	1	-		30	4
	2010–11		31	6			8	0	-		39	6
	2011–12		24	18			2	0	-		26	18
	2012–13		27	5	2	1	5	0	0	0	34	6
	2013–14		21	1	3	0	9	0	1	1	34	2
	2014–15		18	2	0	0	4	0	-		22	2
	2015–16		22	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	3
	2016–17		23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	1
	2017		9	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	2
	2018		15	0	4	3	4	0	0	0	23	0
	2019		13	3	3	0	5	0	1	0	22	3
	Total		309	57	14	4	66	2	4	1	393	64
Career total			374	70	14	4	66	2	4	1	458	77

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 January 2015^[5]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 October 2010	Addis Ababa Stadium, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Gambia	3–1	Win	2012 ANC qualification
2.	17 November 2010	Stade Aimé Bergeal, Mantes-la-Ville, France	Guinea	2–1	Win	Friendly
Correct as of 19 November 2010

US Ouagadougou

Sheriff Tiraspol^[4]

^ "Nordic Football". Nordic Football. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ "Спасибо, Бенжамин". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Возвращение". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Легенда уходит. Легенда остается". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Wilfred Benjamin Balima". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ "Supercupa Moldovei ORANGE". www.fmf.md/. Moldovan Football Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ "W.Balima". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.