Aissata Traoré (born 9 September 1997) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Fleury, on loan from

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, and the Mali national team.

Club career

Traoré played for AS Super Lionness in her country before she was loaned out to the

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-based club

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for the second half of the 2018-19 Turkish Women's First Football League season. She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season. Traoré signed with FC Fleury 91 on in July 2024. On July 10, 2025, she signed with American club

, becoming the first Malian to play in the

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. With Boston starting play in 2026 as a NWSL expansion club, Traoré was loaned back to Fleury for the first half of the 2025–26 season.

International career

She was called up to the Mali national team, and took part at the

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held in Ghana. She played in five matches and scored one goal.

Career statistics

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League :;Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2018–19

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* * 1997 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian women's footballers 21st-century Malian sportswomen Women's association football forwards Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players En Avant Guingamp (women) players Première Ligue players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Mali women's international footballers Malian expatriate women's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-women-footy-bio-stub