Burkina Faso forward, Aristide Bance who will be turning 36 in September has called time on his international career after 17 years.
Bance who scored 24 goals in 79 caps for Burkina Faso announced this on twitter handle after his meeting with the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
He tweeted “I had the honor of being received by His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Faso.
As the first captain of the national stallion team, I wanted to show him my gratitude for all he does for Burkinabè football. I also took advantage of these moments to officially announce to him my intention to end my international career, the end of my adventure with the Burkina stallions and definitively give him my lucky number “15”.
It was a pride for me to wear the colors of the national team. We had rough and good times. We vibrated together two (2) beautiful CAN, that of 2013 and 2017 crowned by 2 medals🏅, silver and bronze. Moments that will forever be the best of my life.
– To the Minister of Sports and Leisure, to the President of the Burkinabè Football Federation, I express my gratitude to you.
– A big thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤ to the big BANCE family, my father, my mother, my brothers and sisters, thank you for believing in me
– To my teammates, my stallion brothers, thank you for the moments and the good collaboration.
– To all my fans of the legendary 4th August Stadium, a special big up because you made me great ☝️☝️☝️
– To all my fans of “Felicia” and the whole world, thank you for the love you have given me.
We will certainly see each other from a different “footbalistic angle” in the years to come and for that I will need a lot of concentration and your prayers. In the meantime I am going to devote myself to my Horaya club with whom I have great projects.
Good luck to the national team
Good luck to each of you
Long live Burkina Faso🇧🇫 ✊
God bless you
Aristide BANCE # AB15🇧🇫 Forever🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫”
