He plays primarily as a Midfield. His preferred foot is Right.

His most recent move was a from Salitas Football School to AS Douanes (Ouagadougou) on 2024-07-08.

Across 3 appearances in the CAF African Nations Championship 2024-2025, Kalifa Nikièma registered 0 goals and 0 assists, while completing 4 key passes out of 62 total passes with a passing accuracy of 16.7.