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{{short description|Burkinabé international footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Wilfried Balima
| image          = Balima.jpg
| image_size     = 300px
| fullname       = Wilfried Benjamin Balima
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1985|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Bobo-Dioulasso]], [[Burkina Faso]]
| height         = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position       = [[Defender (association football)#Wing-back|Wingback]]/[[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Defender]] 
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| years1         = 2001–2004
| clubs1         = [[Union Sportive de Ouagadougou|US Ouagadougou]]
| caps1          = 65
| goals1         = 13
| years2         = 2005–2020
| clubs2         = [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]
| caps2          = 309
| goals2         = 57
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam1  = [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso U-20]]
| nationalcaps1  = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2015
| nationalteam2  = [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]]
| nationalcaps2  = 25
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| club-update    = 25 January 2020
| ntupdate       = 17 July 2015
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|Burkina Faso}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2013 Africa Cup of Nations|2013 South Africa]]|}}
}}

'''Wilfried Benjamin Balima''' (born 20 March 1985) commonly known as '''Benjamin Balima''', is a retired [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabé]] international [[association football|footballer]] who spent the majority of career with [[Moldovan National Division]] club [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]] as a [[right defender]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordicfootball.info/2009/07/18/|title=Nordic Football|website=Nordic Football|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>

==Career==
===Club===
In June 2017, Balima left [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]] after twelve years with the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Спасибо, Бенжамин|url=http://www.fc-sheriff.com/ru/vse/spasibo-benzhamin/|website=fc-sheriff.com|publisher=FC Sheriff Tiraspol|access-date=28 June 2017|language=ru|date=16 June 2017}}</ref> Balima re-signed for Sheriff Tiraspol on 20 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Возвращение|url=http://www.fc-sheriff.com/ru/vse/vozvraschenie/|website=fc-sheriff.com|publisher=FC Sheriff Tiraspol|access-date=21 July 2017|language=ru|date=20 July 2017}}</ref>

On 24 January 2020, Balima announced that he had retired from football, and that he had joined the coaching staff of Sheriff Tiraspol.<ref name="Balima Retirement">{{cite web |title=Легенда уходит. Легенда остается |url=http://www.fc-sheriff.com/ru/vse/legenda-uhodit-legenda-ostaetsya/ |website=fc-sheriff.com/ |publisher=FC Sheriff Tiraspol |access-date=25 January 2020 |language=ru |date=24 January 2020}}</ref>

===International===
Balima played for the Burkina Faso under-21 team and the senior national team from [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]].{{fact|date=August 2023}}

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|match played 20 November 2018}}<ref name="NFT Stats"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Supercupa Moldovei ORANGE|url=http://www.fmf.md/ro/competitions/supercupa_moldovei|website=www.fmf.md/|publisher=[[Moldovan Football Federation]]|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=W.Balima|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/wilfred-benjamen-balima/38960/|work=Soccerway|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[US Ouagadougou]]
|2002
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[Burkinabé Premier League]]
|7||2|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||7||2
|-
|2002–03
|16||2|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||2
|-
|2003–04
|20||4|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||4
|-
|2004–05
|22||5|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!65!!13!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!65!!13
|-
|rowspan="16" valign="center"|[[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]
|[[2005–06 Moldovan National Division|2005–06]]
|rowspan="15" valign="center"|[[Moldovan National Division|Divizia Naţională]]
|14||5|| || ||0||0||colspan="2"|-||14||5
|-
|[[2006–07 Moldovan National Division|2006–07]]
|24||3|| || ||1||0||colspan="2"|-||25||3
|-
|[[2007–08 Moldovan National Division|2007–08]]
|27||4|| || ||4||1||1||0||32||5
|-
|[[2008–09 Moldovan National Division|2008–09]]
|23||1|| || ||4||0||colspan="2"|-||27||1
|-
|[[2009–10 FC Sheriff season|2009–10]]
|18||3|| || ||12||1||colspan="2"|-||30||4
|-
|[[2010–11 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2010–11]]
|31||6|| || ||8||0||colspan="2"|-||39||6
|-
|[[2011–12 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2011–12]]
|24||18|| || ||2||0||colspan="2"|-||26||18
|-
|[[2012–13 Moldovan National Division|2012–13]]
|27||5||2||1||5||0||0||0||34||6
|-
|[[2013–14 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2013–14]]
|21||1||3||0||9||0||1||1||34||2
|-
|[[2014–15 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2014–15]]
|18||2||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||22||2
|-
|[[2015–16 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2015–16]]
|22||3||1||0||1||0||0||0||24||3
|-
|[[2016–17 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2016–17]]
|23||1||1||0||0||0||1||0||25||1
|-
|[[2017 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2017]]
|9||2||0||0||7||0||0||0||16||2
|-
|[[2018 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2018]]
|15||0||4||3||4||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|[[2019 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season|2019]]
|13||3||3||0||5||0||1||0||22||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!309!!57!!14!!4!!66!!2!!4!!1!!393!!64
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!374!!70!!14!!4!!66!!2!!4!!1!!458!!77
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||1||0
|-
|2010||3||2
|-
|2011||4||0
|-
|2012||6||0
|-
|2013||5||0
|-
|2014||4||0
|-
|2015||1||0
|-
!Total||25||2
|}
''Statistics accurate as of match played 13 January 2015''<ref name="NFT Stats">{{NFT player|id=31935|name=Wilfred Benjamin Balima |access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 9 October 2010 || [[Addis Ababa Stadium]], [[Ouagadougou]], [[Burkina Faso]] || {{fb|GAM}} || 3–1 || Win || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2012 ANC qualification]]
|-
| 2. || 17 November 2010 || Stade Aimé Bergeal, [[Mantes-la-Ville]], France || {{fb|GUI}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 19 November 2010''</small>
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''US Ouagadougou'''
* [[Coupe du Faso|Burkinabé Cup]]: 2004–05
* [[Burkinabé SuperCup]]: 2004–05

'''Sheriff Tiraspol'''<ref name="Balima Retirement"/>
* [[Moldovan National Division]]: [[2005–06 Moldovan National Division|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Moldovan National Division|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Moldovan National Division|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Moldovan National Division|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Moldovan National Division|2009–10]], [[2011–12 Moldovan National Division|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Moldovan National Division|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Moldovan National Division|2013–14]], [[2015–16 Moldovan National Division|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Moldovan National Division|2016–17]], [[2017 Moldovan National Division|2017]], [[2018 Moldovan National Division|2018]], [[2019 Moldovan National Division|2019]]
* [[Moldovan Cup]]: [[2005–06 Moldovan Cup|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Moldovan Cup|2007–08]], [[Moldovan Cup 2008–09|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Moldovan Cup|2009–10]], [[2014–15 Moldovan Cup|2014–15]], [[2016–17 Moldovan Cup|2016–17]], [[2016–17 Moldovan Cup|2018–19]]
* [[Moldovan Super Cup]]: [[2007 Moldovan Super Cup|2007]], [[2013 Moldovan Super Cup|2013]], [[2015 Moldovan Super Cup|2015]], [[2016 Moldovan Super Cup|2016]]
* [[CIS Cup]]: [[2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup|2009]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|id=31935}}
* [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/12960_Wilfried_Bendjamin_Balima/ Player profile at Football-Lineups]

{{Moldovan National Division top scorers}}
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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Burkinabe men's footballers]]
[[Category:FC Sheriff Tiraspol players]]
[[Category:Moldovan Super Liga players]]
[[Category:Burkina Faso men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2012 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2013 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova]]
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