Adama Traoré (Spanish footballer)
 Adama playing for Barcelona B in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adama Traoré Diarra | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | L'Hospitalet, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hospitalet | |||
| 2004–2014 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Barcelona B | 58 | (7) |
| 2013– | Barcelona | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Spain U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Adama Traoré Diarra (born 25 January 1996), known as Adama, is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a right winger.
Club career
Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia to Malian descent,[1] Adama joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2004 at the age of eight, after a brief period with neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet.[2] In 2013 he was promoted to the B-team, and made his professional debut on 6 October, in a 0–1 away defeat against SD Ponferradina for the Segunda División championship.[3]
On 23 November 2013, again as a late substitute, Adama played his first La Liga game at the age of only 17, replacing Neymar in the 4–0 home win over Granada CF.[4] Three days later he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League, coming on for Cesc Fàbregas in the 82nd minute of a 1–2 loss at AFC Ajax for the group stage.[5]
Adama scored his first goal for the Blaugrana's main squad on 16 December 2014, playing 16 minutes and contributing to a 8–1 home demolition of SD Huesca for the Copa del Rey.[6]
International career
On 17 February 2014, the Mali Football Federation confirmed that Adama and his older brother Mohamed had opted to switch allegiance to Mali.[7]
Club statistics
- As of 9 February 2015[8]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2013–14 | 26 | 5 | — | 26 | 5 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 2 | — | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | 7 | — | 54 | 7 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Career totals | 55 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | |
- ↑ All appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
- Barcelona
References
- ↑ "Mis padres llegaron de Mali en los 80. Yo soy de Barcelona..." ("My parents arrived from Mali in the 80s. I am from Barcelona..."); Diario AS, 24 February 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Adama Traore, juvenil de primer año, puede ser la gran novedad del Barça B el sábado (Adama Traore, first-year juvenil, may be Barça B surprise Saturday); Sport, 4 April 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Ponferradina – Barça B: Un penalti condena al filial (1–0) (Ponferradina – Barça B: Penalty condemns reserves (1–0)); Barcelona's official website, 6 October 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Granada pay the penalty; ESPN FC, 23 November 2013
- ↑ Ajax claim Barcelona scalp to stay in contention; UEFA.com, 26 November 2013
- ↑ "Los suplentes culés también cuentan" [The culé backups also count] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ↑ "Barca’s Adama Traore to play for Mali". Super Sport. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Adama Traoré". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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