Amara Traoré (born 25 September 1965) is a Senegalese former professional

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who is the head coach of

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in the

Guinée Championnat National Guinée Championnat National (simply known as Ligue 1 Pro) is the top division of the Guinean Football Federation, it was created in 1965. Ligue 1 Pro 2021–22 teams Champions *1965 : AS Kaloum Star *1966 : Hafia FC *1967 : Hafia FC *1968 : ...

. He managed the Senegal national team and

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in Senegal.

Playing career

Traoré played for several teams, including

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, all in France. He also played for the Senegal national team and was a participant at the

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Managerial career

Traoré was named

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

manager in December 2009, and he was in charge of the national team for more than two years, until February 2012. In March 2013, he took the head coaching job with the Guinean side

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Honours

Gueugnon *

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: 1999–2000

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* * Living people 1965 births Sportspeople from Saint-Louis, Senegal Association football forwards Senegalese footballers Senegal international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players SC Bastia players Le Mans FC players LB Châteauroux players FC Gueugnon players FC Metz players Al Wahda FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 1994 African Cup of Nations players ASC Linguère players 2002 African Cup of Nations players Senegalese football managers Senegal national football team managers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations managers Horoya AC managers Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate football managers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Guinea Expatriate football managers in Guinea {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub