BURKINA FASO · D1 · REAL DU FASO
Franck Yerbanga is a 17-year-old Burkinabe right winger, currently playing for Real du Faso in the Burkina Faso First Division (D1) and represented by Real Sport Management (RSM). At 1.75m, right-footed, he is an instinctive, line-breaking dribbler whose game is built around beating defenders in the final third and creating chances through direct running. Across the 2025-26 season he featured for Real du Faso across four separate competitions — the D1 Championship, the Faso Cup, an Academy Tournament and the U17 Tournament in Bobo — totalling 21 appearances and 1,292 minutes, with 4 goals and 2 assists (6 goal involvements). His standout performance came at the U17 Tournament in Bobo, where he was named Best Right Winger in the Team of the Tournament.
Yerbanga combines genuine instinctive dribbling with a real ability to break defensive lines, capped by a Best Right Winger individual award at the U17 Bobo Tournament. Recommendation: Priority HIGH. A direct, unpredictable wide attacker whose one-on-one threat and line-breaking carries represent real added value for a club looking to develop a young right-sided attacking talent.
The following evaluation is based on Yerbanga's complete 2025-26 campaign with Real du Faso across the D1 Championship, the Faso Cup, an Academy Tournament and the U17 Tournament in Bobo.
| Competition | Fixture | Contribution | |||||||||
| Championship | Real du Faso vs. Vitesse | Goal · 45' on the pitch | ▶ | ||||||||
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| Championship | Real du Faso vs. RCK | Assist · 65' on the pitch | ▶ | ||||||||
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| Academy Tournament | Real du Faso vs. Ad Duha (2nd leg) | Goal · 80' on the pitch | ▶ | ||||||||
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| Academy Tournament | Real du Faso vs. Focus (semifinal) | Goal · 75' on the pitch | ▶ | ||||||||
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| U17 Tournament, Bobo | Real du Faso vs. Basga Jo | Goal + Assist · 70' on the pitch · named Best Right Winger of the tournament | ▶ | ||||||||
Named Best Right Winger of the tournament. | |||||||||||
U17 Tournament, Bobo-Dioulasso · 2025-26 season
Being named Best Right Winger in the Team of the Tournament at the U17 Bobo Tournament, at just 17 years old, is a meaningful individual marker — it reflects peer/technical staff recognition of a genuine standout performer at his level, not just raw output.
Following professional scouting convention, Yerbanga is benchmarked against four current reference wide/right-sided attackers whose profiles share his instinctive dribbling and line-breaking directness.
| Player | Club | Similar Profile | Point of Comparison |
| F. Yerbanga * | Real du Faso (BFA) | RW, instinctive dribbler + line-breaking runner | 21 matches, 4G/2A across 4 domestic competitions, right-footed, named Best Right Winger of U17 Bobo Tournament |
| Ismaila Sarr | Crystal Palace (ENG) | Senegalese right winger, direct pace & end product | West African right-sided reference point; shares Yerbanga's directness and right-footed finishing instinct |
| Jeremy Doku | Manchester City (ENG) | Direct wide dribbler with elite one-on-one output | Yerbanga's instinctive, unpredictable dribbling and line-breaking carries echo Doku's game at a much earlier stage |
| Karim Adeyemi | Borussia Dortmund (GER) | German right-sided attacker, explosive carries into the box | Similar blend of pace, directness and penalty-box arrival typical of a right-footed line-breaking wide attacker |
| Noni Madueke | Arsenal (ENG) | English wide forward, right-footed, high-tempo dribbler | Right-footed wide-attacking profile with a similar reliance on close control and quick direction changes to beat a full-back |
vs Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace) — Sarr's directness and right-footed end product in the Premier League (9 goals, 1 assist in 28 league matches this season) illustrate the ceiling for a right-footed wide attacker who combines pace with genuine finishing instinct; Yerbanga's own instinctive dribbling shares that DNA at a domestic youth level.
vs Jeremy Doku (Manchester City) — Doku's game is built almost entirely on instinctive, unpredictable dribbling and beating defenders in isolation, the exact trait that defines Yerbanga's own style; Doku's 5 goals and 5 assists in 30 Premier League matches this season show what elite end product looks like layered on top of that dribbling profile.
vs Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund) — Adeyemi's explosive, direct carries from the right into the penalty area (7 goals, 4 assists in 28 Bundesliga matches this season) offer a template for how instinctive line-breaking dribbling, like Yerbanga's, can translate into a genuine goal threat once physical maturity and end-product consistency develop.
vs Noni Madueke (Arsenal) — although left-footed (a stylistic rather than technical point of comparison), Madueke's reliance on close control and quick changes of direction to beat a full-back one-on-one (3 goals, 1 assist in 16 Premier League matches this season) mirrors the kind of individual, duel-based threat Yerbanga already offers from the right.
No independent market valuation is currently listed for Yerbanga on major public databases such as Transfermarkt — consistent with his current profile as a young domestic-league talent yet to make his professional/senior breakthrough. The figures in this report are RSM's own scouting-based estimate.
Yerbanga's game is built around instinctive, close-control dribbling and the ability to accelerate past a defender in a single touch. Right-footed, he shows genuine composure when carrying the ball at pace into the final third, and his finishing — while still developing — has already produced goals across three of his four 2025-26 competitions.
Deployed on the right flank, Yerbanga stretches defensive lines and creates one-on-one opportunities against opposing full-backs through his willingness to run directly at defenders rather than play conservatively. His U17 Bobo Tournament recognition suggests he already reads pressing triggers well enough to time his line-breaking runs effectively at his current level.
At 1.75m and 17 years old, Yerbanga is still developing physically, but his acceleration over the first few metres is already a defining asset. His total of 1,292 minutes across four competitions in a single season points to a durable, available player who has not missed significant chunks of the campaign to injury.
Franck Yerbanga profiles as an instinctive, right-footed right winger built around close-control dribbling and the ability to break defensive lines through direct carries. His game is duel-based rather than possession-recycling — he looks to beat his man and progress the ball forward at every opportunity.
Across the 2025-26 season he featured in 21 matches for Real du Faso across four separate competitions, totalling 1,292 minutes with 4 goals and 2 assists. His crowning individual moment came at the U17 Tournament in Bobo, where he was named Best Right Winger in the Team of the Tournament — a genuine marker of standout performance against his age-group peers.
