[2][3] The next season, under Thomas Tuchel, he helped Mainz staying in the German top tier and achieve 9th place by scoring 10 goals in the 2009–10 Bundesliga.

[7] Having failed to secure a first-team place at Metalurh Donetsk, he returned to Belgium in July 2007, signing for Germinal Beerschot on a year-long loan.

[10] On 16 August 2010, Bancé signed for Al-Ahli Dubai on a four-year contract, with the transfer agreement between the two clubs remaining undisclosed.

[14] In February 2015, Bancé signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar,[15] leaving the club in June of the same year.

[16] In August 2015, Bancé went on trial with Bidvest Wits of the South African Premier Soccer League,[17] eventually signing with Chippa United later in the month.

[29] At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Bancé scored Burkina Faso's goal in a 2–1 loss to Congo which saw the 2013 runner-up knocked out at the group stage.

[31] Bancé was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Burkinabe parents, but moved to Burkina Faso as a child.