After starting professionally in his country with Rail Club du Kadiogo in 2003, Ouattara moved the following year to the Côte d'Ivoire, signing with ASEC Mimosas.
Ouattara then spent the following years in France, always in the lower leagues (Championnat National); he started with AS Cherbourg Football (24 matches and one goal in two 1/2 seasons), then US Raon-l'Étape (13 matches in 2007-08) and ÉDS Montluçon.