Maï Traoré

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Maï Traoré[1]
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Fredrikstad
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 FC Aliya Guinée
2017–2021 Vasalunds IF 79 (41)
2021–2024 Viking 33 (4)
2023 → OH Leuven (loan) 1 (0)
2023 → Tromsø (loan) 15 (4)
2024– Fredrikstad 2 (0)
International career
2018 Guinea U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2024

Maï Traoré (born 24 November 1999) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eliteserien club Fredrikstad .[3]

Club career

Early career

Traoré started his senior career with Congolese club AC Ujana in 2016.

2020 Division 1, he scored 23 goals in 29 matches.[6]

Viking

In March 2021, he transferred to the Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking FK, signing a four-year contract. He stayed with Vasalund for the first half of the 2021 season, before joining Viking in August 2021.[7][8] He was given shirt number 24 at his new club.[9] On 8 August 2021, he made his debut against Kristiansund, coming on as a substitute in the 43rd minute for an injured Veton Berisha.[10] On 16 May 2022, he scored his first goal for the club against Jerv.[11]

In January 2023, Traoré joined

Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent.[12] Traoré made his debut for OH Leuven on 4 February 2023, when he came on in the last minute of the 2–1 away loss to Seraing.[13] This would turn out to be his only minute in an OHL-shirt, as a few weeks later on 31 March 2023, Norwegian club Tromsø announced they had taken over the loan deal, including the option to buy.[14]

Fredrikstad

After ending his loan spell at Tromsø, Traoré signed for fellow Eliteserien club Fredrisktad on a three-year contract.[3]

International career

Traoré has featured for the Guinea U23 national team. On 15 November 2018, he scored a goal against Mauritania in the

2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification.[15][16]

Career statistics

As of 12 April 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasalund 2018[6] Division 2 24 11 4 1 — 28 12
2019[6] Ettan 16 2 1 0 — 17 2
2020[6]
 29 23 1 0 — 30 23
2021[6] Superettan 10 5 0 0 — 10 5
Total 79 41 6 1 — 85 42
Viking 2021[11] Eliteserien 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
2022[11] 23 4 4 1 5[b] 2 32 7
Total 33 4 5 1 5 2 43 7
OH Leuven (loan) 2023 Jupiler Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Tromsø (loan) 2023 Eliteserien 15 4 3 2 — 18 6
Fredrikstad 2024 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 130 49 14 4 5 2 149 55
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Vasalunds IF

References

  1. ^ "Mai Traore / Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Maï Traoré at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b "Mai Traoré er klar" (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Mai Traore". lagstatistik.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ Lund, Oskar (23 June 2020). "Efter galna prestationen – talangen kan säljas inom kort". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e Maï Traoré at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
  7. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (15 March 2021). "Mai Traore har signert" [Mai Traore has signed] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ Flygind, Kjetil; Nilssen, Stig (11 March 2021). "Overgangen bekreftet: Mai Traore klar for Viking". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (26 April 2021). "Flere bytter draktnummer" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ Nilssen, Stig (8 August 2021). "Tripic tilbake i storslag da Viking tok etterlengtet seier". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b c Maï Traoré at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  12. ^ "AANVALLENDE VERSTERKING VOOR OH LEUVEN" [OFFENSIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR OH LEUVEN]. www.ohleuven.com (in Dutch). 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Het wonder is geschied: Seraing viert tegen OHL eerste thuiszege op cruciaal moment". 4 February 2023.
  14. ^ https://www.til.no/nyheter/traore-har-signert
  15. ^ "Éliminatoires de la CAN U23: la liste des joueurs convoqués par Souleymane Camara". Journal de Conakry (in French). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Qualification de la CAN U23: La Guinée domine la Mauritanie à Nouakchott". Journal de Conakry (in French). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  17. ^ Maï Traoré at Soccerway
  18. ^ "Ettan Norra 2020" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

External links

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