Bangoura started his footballing career in Belgium with Lokeren and then Standard Liège before leaving to play in The Championship with Stoke City.

[1] He began the 2005–06 season well scoring eight goals in ten matches but was hampered after he failed to return to the club after playing in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Bangoura was handed his first start of the season against Burnley, however he lasted only 43 minutes before limping off due to injury.

[6] He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing 2–1 in the quarter finals to Mali.

Bangoura played again in the 2006 African Nations Cup, with a prominent role in the country's three group wins before the team was knocked out in the quarter finals by Senegal in a match which ended 3–2.