Amara Traoré (born 25 September 1965) is a Senegalese former professional
footballer
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who is the head coach of
Horoya AC
Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975.
History
In 2014, t ...
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
ASC Linguère
ASC Linguère is a Senegalese football club based in Saint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium is Stade de Linguère.
Linguère is joint eighth in the number of major honours won in Senegal (five) ...
in Senegal.
Playing career
Traoré played for several teams, including
SC Bastia
Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...
,
FC Gueugnon
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The club has ...
,
FC Metz
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, all in France.
He also played for the
Senegal national team and was a participant at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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.
Managerial career
Traoré was named
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
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
AS Kaloum
Association Sportive Kaloum , also known as A.S.K, is a Association football, football club based in Conakry, Guinea. In the 1960s A.S.K was known as Conakry I, and won three titles under that name.
Due to the problems in sponsoring in 2008, th ...
.
Honours
Gueugnon
*
Coupe de la Ligue
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:
1999–2000
References
External links
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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
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