Bénie Adama Traoré (born 30 November 2002) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

After two years in

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...

, Traoré joined

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

in January 2021. He made his debut in a

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match against Dalkurd in February. He scored his first goal against Gauthiod in the Svenska Cupen on 27 February. He made his

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debut on 24 April against

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. In March 2022, during a Svenska Cupen match against Hammarby IF, his leg was severely injured and he was sidelined for 8 months. He signed a new contract with Häcken on 26 September 2022 and went on to win the 2022 Allsvenskan after recovering from his injury. In July 2023 he joined newly promoted

side

on a four year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his official debut on 12 August 2023 in a 0–1 loss to

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in the Premier League.

International career

Traoré was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s in March 2023.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Häcken *

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Benie Traore
at Häcken {{DEFAULTSORT:Traore, Benie 2002 births Living people Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's youth international footballers Men's association football wingers ASEC Mimosas players BK Häcken players Allsvenskan players Premier League players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Sheffield United F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in England