Ibrahima Traoré

Ibrahima Traoré

Traoré with VfB Stuttgart in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-21) 21 April 1988
Place of birth Villepinte, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 16
Youth career
2001–2004 Charenton
2004–2005 Levallois
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Levallois 4 (0)
2006–2009 Hertha BSC II 62 (12)
2007–2009 Hertha BSC 1 (0)
2009–2011 FC Augsburg 45 (8)
2011–2014 VfB Stuttgart 75 (6)
2014– Borussia Mönchengladbach 48 (5)
National team‡
2010– Guinea[1] 31 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2015

Ibrahima Traoré (born 21 April 1988) is a French-born Guinean international footballer who plays professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Villepinte, France,[2] he is of Guinean descent. Traoré played youth football with Charenton and Levallois.[3] He made his senior debut with Levallois in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2,[4] before transferring to German club Hertha BSC on 1 January 2007, making his Bundesliga debut for them on 9 December 2007, against 1. FC Nuremberg.[5] On 5 March, Traoré began a trial with FC Augsburg, signing a two-year contract with them on 14 July 2009. In May 2011, it was announced that Traoré will move to VfB Stuttgart at the end of the 2010–11 season.[6][7]

In December 2013, Traoré stated that he had turned down offers from a number of English clubs over the summer.[8]

In April 2014 it was announced that Traoré would sign for Borussia Mönchengladbach at the start of the 2014–15 season.[9]

On 8 August 2015, he marked his season debut by scoring in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[10]

International career

Traoré made his international debut for Guinea on 11 August 2010 against Mali.[11] Guinea won the match 2–0, with Traoré scoring Guinea's second goal.[12] In the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Traoré scored on 8 October 2011 in the last game of group B against Nigeria a last-second equalizer in the 90+12-minute, meaning Guinea's qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[13] In November 2014 concerns were raised about Traoré playing for Guinea due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa.[14]

He was selected to Guinea's squad for the 2015 African Cup of Nations[15] and scored the team's equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Cameroon at the group stage.[16] After the tournament he took a break from international football, returning in March 2016.[17]

Style of play

Traoré has been noted as having maturity, professionalism, and speed.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Ibrahima Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Ibrahima Traoré". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Traore, Ibrahima" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ibrahima Traoré" (in French). L'Equipe.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – Hertha BSC Berlin 2:1 (2:0): Sieg auch herausgespielt" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ibrahima Traore signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "VfB Stuttgart snap up Guinea's Ibrahima Traore". BBC Sport. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  8. ↑ John Bennett (18 December 2013). "Guinea's Ibrahima Traore rejected Premier League move". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Guinea's Ibrahima Traore on the move in Germany". BBC Sport. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stindl initiates turning Gladbach". Kicker. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "FCA-Profis bei Nationalteams". fcaugsburg.de (in German). FC Augsburg. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Guinée – Mali (2–0)". starafrica.com (in French). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "A 100% VfB goal". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30114460
  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30636144
  16. ↑ "Cameroon 1-1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  17. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35796062
  18. ↑ Ross Dunbar (16 April 2014). "Maturity helps Guinea's Traore move in right direction". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2014. His new-found professionalism and maturity are paying dividends [...] he uses his speed and qualities so well.


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