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)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Al-Gharafa
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Valenciennes 15 (0)
2005–2006Sedan (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2018 Al-Duhail 96 (9)
2015–2016Al-Arabi (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2017El Jaish (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2023 Al-Rayyan 83 (2)
2023- Al-Gharafa 3 (0)
International career
2013 Qatar B 2 (0)
2013– Qatar 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:27, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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][2] The merger of Lekhwiya and the El Jaish under the name of Al-Duhail[3] He joined Qatari club Al-Rayyan in 2018.[4] He joined Qatari club Al-Gharafa On 17 August 2023.[5]

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.[6] He made official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.[7] He made his international debut for the senior national team in 2013.[8]

Personal life

He is of Senegalese origin.[9][10] His brothers Mody and Mamadou are also footballers.[11]

References

  1. "Profile" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. Dame Traoré at Soccerway
  3. "دمج نادي لخويا و نادي لخويا تحت مسمى نادي الدحيل". slstat. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. "Dame Traoré signs with Al Rayyan SC". kora.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. "تراوري ينضم للغرافة".
  6. "Gerets arranges to Umm Salal match". lekhwiyaclub.qa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  7. "Match report" (PDF). the-waff.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  8. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. "Le Qatar veut convoquer Dame Traoré". Goal.com (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  10. "Qatar : Dame Traoré convoité". Sport365.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  11. Maes, Antoine. "Et un, et deux, et Traoré". 20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2015.


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