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)
2005–2006 → Sedan (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2018 Al-Duhail 96 (9)
2015–2016 → Al-Arabi (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2017 → El 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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