Moussa Traoré | |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1971 |
Birth Place: | Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Height: | 1.74m[1] |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1989 |
Clubs1: | Rio Sport d'Anyama |
Years2: | 1990–1991 |
Clubs2: | Rennes[2] |
Caps2: | 15 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1991–1996 |
Clubs3: | Olympique Alès |
Caps3: | 164 |
Goals3: | 34 |
Years4: | 1996–1997 |
Clubs4: | Angers |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs5: | US Créteil-Lusitanos |
Caps5: | 59 |
Goals5: | 14 |
Years6: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs6: | Al-Shabab |
Years7: | 2002–2003 |
Clubs7: | Choisy-le-Roi |
Years8: | 2003–2007 |
Clubs8: | US Stade Tamponnaise |
Nationalyears1: | 1987 |
Nationalteam1: | Ivory Coast U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 1992–1998 |
Nationalteam2: | Ivory Coast |
Nationalcaps2: | 15 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Moussa Traoré (born 25 December 1971) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.[3]
Traoré started his career in the Ivory Coast at Rio Sport in Anyama.
In 1987, he won the Golden Shoe award at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4]
He moved to France as a teenager to further his playing career in 1990. Later, he became a member of the Ivory Coast team that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1992. He played in two further continental competitions in 1996 and 1998 for the Elephants. He also featured in an unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.