Adama Traoré (born 28 June 1995), also known as Adama Noss Traoré, is a Malian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
TFF Second League
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club Amedspor and the Mali national team since 2015.
After winning the Golden Ball as best player at the
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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, he made his senior debut for Mali. He represented the country at the
Africa Cup of Nations
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in
2017
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Events January
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and
2019
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.
Club career
Mali and Lille
Born in
Bamako
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Bamak ...
, Traoré joined his hometown's JMG Academy at the age of 12 in 2007. Five years later he joined
Malian Première Division
Malian Première Division ( French: ''Première division malienne'') is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The league has been professional since 2004. The official ...
club
AS Bakaridjan
Association Sportive Bakaridjan de Barouéli is a Malian football club. The team is based in the city of Barouéli, Segou Region. Founded 23 May 1989, their colors are Red and Green, and their slogan is, "Travail – Discipline-Unité".
A ...
where he was only able to play three games before he got injured.
In January 2014, Traoré signed for
Ligue 1
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club
Lille
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and was immediately loaned out to
Belgian Second Division
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club
Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz
Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron.
The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...
. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 24 September 2014, in a 1–0 away defeat against
Nice
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Monaco
On 10 July 2015, Traoré joined
AS Monaco
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on a four-year deal worth €14 million. On 4 August, he made his
UEFA Champions League
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third qualifying round
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, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Mario Pašalić.
In January 2017, Traoré was loaned out until the end of the season to
Primeira Liga
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side
Rio Ave FC
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. He played seven games for the team from
Vila do Conde
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, and scored the only goal of their win at Boavista on 1 April.
In January 2019, he was loaned out for the same duration to
Belgian First Division A
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side Cercle Brugge KSV. On 31 August, he went on a season-long loan to fellow Ligue 1 club
Metz
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. He scored his first goal for them on 23 November, equalising in a 1–1 home draw with
Reims
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.
Hatayspor
On 11 September 2020, Traoré moved to
Hatayspor
Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...
of the Turkish
Süper Lig
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, on a two-year deal with the option of a third.
Hull City
On 1 September 2022, Traoré signed for
EFL Championship
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club
Hull City
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on a two-year deal. He made his debut for Hull City on 25 February 2023, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for
Greg Docherty
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, in a 1–0 loss away to
Bristol City
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Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
. On 10 April 2023, Traoré scored his first goal for the Tigers, with the only goal in a 1–0 win at home to
Millwall
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. On 19 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.
Amedspor
On 25 June 2024, it was announced that Traoré would sign for
TFF Second League
The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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in New Zealand. During the competition, he scored four goals and had three assists, and helped Mali win the bronze medal and earned himself the Adidas Golden Ball as the best player in the competition.
On 9 October 2015, Traoré made his national team debut in a 4–1 friendly win over
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
. On 4 September 2016, he scored his first international goal in a 5–2 win against
Benin
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in the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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. On 4 January 2017, Traoré was named in Mali's 23-man squad for the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
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in Gabon, and was unused as the team were eliminated in the group stage. Two years later, on 16 June 2019, he was named in Mali's 23-man squad for the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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in Egypt. On 24 June 2019, he scored in his side's 4–1 opening match win against
Mauritania
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.
Personal life
Traoré was an international teammate of a player of the same name, who was born in the same month. The two were also at Metz at the same time. To distinguish between them, Traoré was also known as Adama Noss Traoré.
Career statistics
Club
International
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