Abdoulaye Traoré (born 4 March 1967), nicknamed Ben Badi, is an Ivorian former 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 lea ...

who played as a forward. He scored 49 goals in 88 appearances for the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. He made six

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

appearances for

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

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each Traoré goal.''

Honours

Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) The Ivory Coast Ligue 1 LONACI is the top division of the Ivorian Football Federation. It was created in 1960. 2024−25 Ligue 1 clubs * AF Amadou Diallo * ASEC Mimosas * Bouaké FC * CO Korhogo * Denguélé * Mouna * FC San Pédro * LY ...

: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 * Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire: 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 (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

runner-up: 1995 *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

: 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, CONMEBO ...

fourth place: 1992 Individual *

top scorer: 1992, 1994

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Traore, Abdoulaye 1967 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Men's association football forwards Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Stella Club d'Adjamé players Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah FC players Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Saudi First Division League players Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) players