Abdou Traoré (born 5 August 1981) is a Malian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

International career

Traoré was part of the Mali U20 national team at the

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament. Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. :1.Teams that ...

, finishing top of group D, losing to champion Spain in the semi-final and winning against Uruguay in the match for third place. He was part of the senior national team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, which exited in the quarter-finals, finishing top of group A, before losing to Italy in the next round.

Honors and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when ...

third place: 1999

References

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* * 1981 births Living people Malian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Mali men's international footballers Mali men's under-20 international footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Mali 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub