Abdoulaye Traoré (born 4 March 1967), nicknamed Ben Badi, is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a

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. He scored 49 goals in 88 appearances for the

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. He made six

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appearances for S.C. Braga. In 2015, he became an ambassador of The SATUC Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.

Honours

Club

* Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 *

Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire The Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football, in English ''Côte d'Ivoire Cup'' or ''Ivory Coast Cup'', is the top knockout tournament in Ivorian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to ...

: 1990, 1991 *

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

runner-up: 1995

International

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

: 1992; third place: 1986, runner-up 1994 *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...

fourth place: 1992

Individual

* Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) top scorer: 1992, 1994

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* 1967 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Association football forwards Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast international footballers 1992 King Fahd Cup players Ligue 1 players FC Metz players FC Sète 34 players SC Toulon players AC Avignonnais players ASEC Mimosas players S.C. Braga players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1994 African Cup of Nations players 1996 African Cup of Nations players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Ivorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Stella Club d'Adjamé players Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah FC players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Saudi First Division League players Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) players {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub