# Nasser Djiga

Yacouba Nasser Djiga (born 15 November 2002) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Burkina Faso national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Djiga played his youth football with Vitesse FC 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.

### FC Basel

During the transfer window in the summer of 2021, Djiga signed for Swiss top flight side FC Basel after receiving interest from Lille OSC in the French Ligue 1 and 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 Rorschach-Goldach. On 24 October Djiga then played his Swiss Super League debut for his new club in the home game at St. Jakob-Park as Basel won 2–0 against Lugano and he played the entire game. During that season Djiga played just six domestic league matches, three in the Conference League and two in the Swiss Cup, but he also had six appearances in their U-21 team who played in the 2021–22 Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football.

#### Loan to Nîmes and return to Basel

On 28 August 2022, Djiga joined Nîmes in France on a season-long loan.
Following his loan, Djiga returned to Basel and played, under their new head coach Timo Schultz mainly as substitute, in the first four domestic league games of the season as well as both games in the Conference League games. On 20 August 2023 he played in their starting eleven as the team played their first round Cup match against lower-level opponents FC Saint-Blaise. He scored his first goal for his club in this game, it was the team's fourth goal, as they went on to win 8–1.

### Red Star Belgrade

On 4 September, FC Basel announced that Djiga was loaned out to Red Star Belgrade.
In his first season with them, Red Star became 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga champions and won the 2023–24 Serbian Cup. On 17 May 2024 it was announced that the club pulled their option and took the player over on a permanent deal.

### Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 3 February 2025, Djiga joined Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers by signing a contract until 2030.

## International career

Djiga debuted 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 selected by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 29 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Basel U21 | 2021–22 | Swiss Promotion League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| Basel | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Basel | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Basel | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Nîmes (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Total | Total | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 56 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 77 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 105 | 5 |
* ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Serbian Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League