Adama Traoré (footballer, born 28 June 1995)

Adama Traoré
Traoré with Mali U20s in March 2015
Personal information
Full name Adama Traoré
Date of birth (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 11
Youth career
2008–2013 JMG Academy Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 AS Bakaridjan 3 (0)
2014–2015 Lille 20 (2)
2014 → Royal Mouscron (loan) 2 (0)
2015– Monaco 14 (5)
2017 → Rio Ave (loan) 7 (1)
National team‡
2014–2015 Mali U20 11 (4)
2015– Mali 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2017

Adama Traoré (born 28 June 1995) is a Malian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco.

Club career

Born on 28 June 1995, in Bamako, Mali, Traoré began his career playing in the youth ranks of the Bamako JMG Academy before joining Malian Première Division club AS Bakaridjan.[1] In January 2014, he signed for Ligue 1 club Lille and was immediately loaned out to Belgian Second Division club Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz. He made his Ligue 1 debut at 24 September 2014 against OGC Nice in a 1–0 away defeat.[2] Traoré scored his first competitive goal at the senior level for Lille in a Ligue 1 1-0 home win over Évian on 7 January 2015.

International career

Traoré was a member of the Mali national under-20 team for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[3] During the competition, he scored 4 goals and had 3 assists, helping Mali win the bronze medal and earning himself the Adidas Golden Ball as the best player in the competition.[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[5]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2016Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Benin4–15–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Qui es-tu, Adama "Noss" Traoré ?" (in French). LOSC.fr. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nice vs. Lille – 24 September 2014 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mali's magician Traore nets top honour". FIFA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Traoré, Adama". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.