Dame Traoré Explained

Dame Traoré
Birth Date:19 May 1986
Birth Place:Metz, France
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Al-Gharafa
Clubnumber:6
Years1:2004–2010
Clubs1:Valenciennes
Caps1:15
Goals1:0
Years2:2005–2006
Clubs2:Sedan (loan)
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:2010–2018
Clubs3:Al-Duhail
Caps3:96
Goals3:9
Years4:2015–2016
Clubs4:Al-Arabi (loan)
Caps4:11
Goals4:0
Years5:2016–2017
Clubs5:El Jaish (loan)
Caps5:9
Goals5:0
Years6:2018–2023
Clubs6:Al-Rayyan
Caps6:83
Goals6:2
Years7:2023-
Clubs7:Al-Gharafa
Caps7:18
Goals7:2
Nationalyears1:2013
Nationalteam1:Qatar B
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2013–
Nationalteam2:Qatar
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update:18:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Ntupdate:14:17, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Dame Traoré (born 19 May 1986) is a professional footballer who plays in Qatar for Al-Gharafa, as a defender.

Born in France, he represents Qatar at international level.

Career

Born in Metz, Traoré has played club football in France and Qatar for Valenciennes, Sedan and Lekhwiya.[1] The merger of Lekhwiya and the El Jaish under the name of Al-Duhail[2] He joined Qatari club Al-Rayyan in 2018.[3] He joined Qatari club Al-Gharafa On 17 August 2023.[4]

International career

Traoré is born in France to parents of Senegalese origin. Early in his career, Traoré moved to Qatar and became a naturalized citizen. Traoré was called up the Qatar B team on 13 November 2013.[5] He made official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.[6] He made his international debut for the senior national team in 2013.[7]

Personal life

He is of Senegalese origin.[8] [9] His brothers Mody and Mamadou are also footballers.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. French. 30 December 2013. L'Equipe.
  2. Web site: دمج نادي لخويا و نادي لخويا تحت مسمى نادي الدحيل. slstat. 10 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Dame Traoré signs with Al Rayyan SC. 1 October 2018. kora.com.
  4. Web site: تراوري ينضم للغرافة.
  5. Web site: Gerets arranges to Umm Salal match. lekhwiyaclub.qa. 30 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235142/http://www.lekhwiyaclub.qa/site/fr/news/2316-2013-12-03-17-20-28.html. 30 December 2013.
  6. Web site: Match report. the-waff.com. 30 December 2013. 27 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227012543/http://www.the-waff.com/assets/reports/391_match.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Player profile . National-Football-Teams.com . 6 September 2015.
  8. Web site: Le Qatar veut convoquer Dame Traoré . Goal.com . 12 October 2015 . French.
  9. Web site: Qatar : Dame Traoré convoité . Sport365.fr . 12 October 2015 . French . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093315/http://www.sport365.fr/qatar-dame-traore-convoite-1113614.shtml . dead .
  10. Web site: Maes . Antoine . Et un, et deux, et Traoré . 20minutes.fr . 12 October 2015 . French.