Mahamadou Traoré is a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

an professional

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 ...

, who plays as a defender for

CS Constantine Club Sportif Constantinois ( ar, النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are ...

International career

In January 2014, coach Djibril Dramé, invited him to be a part of the

squad for the

2014 African Nations Championship The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 January and 1 February ...

. He helped the team to the quarter finals where they lost to

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

by two goals to one.

References

Living people Mali international footballers Malian footballers CS Constantine players 2014 African Nations Championship players 1994 births Association football defenders 21st-century Malian people Mali A' international footballers 2011 African Nations Championship players Malian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Malian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Malian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Algeria Expatriate footballers in Morocco Djoliba AC players Chabab Atlas Khénifra players Chabab Rif Al Hoceima players {{Mali-footy-bio-stub