Dame Traoré

Dame Traoré
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986
Place of birth Metz, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
El Jaish ( on from loan Lekhwiya )
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Valenciennes 15 (0)
2005–2006Sedan (loan) 0 (0)
2010– Lekhwiya 52 (2)
2015–2016Al-Arabi (loan) 11
2016=El Jaish (loan)
National team
2013 Qatar B 2 (0)
2013– Qatar 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:39, 30 December 2013 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:17, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Dame Traoré (born 19 May 1986) is a professional footballer who plays in Qatar for El Jaish on from loan Lekhwiya, 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][2]

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.[3] He made official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.[4] He made his international debut for the senior national team in 2013.[5]

Personal life

He is of Senegalese origin.[6][7] His brothers Mody and Mamadou are also footballers.[8]

References

  1. "Profile" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. Dame Traoré at Soccerway
  3. "Gerets arranges to Umm Salal match". lekhwiyaclub.qa. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  4. "Match report" (PDF). the-waff.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. "Dame Traoré". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. "Le Qatar veut convoquer Dame Traoré". Goal.com (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. "Qatar : Dame Traoré convoité". Sport365.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. Maes, Antoine. "Et un, et deux, et Traoré". 20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2015.


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