Aliou Badara Traoré (born 8 January 2001) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club Ankara Keçiörengücü.

Club career

Manchester United

Traoré joined the

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youth academy in 2017 and signed his first professional contract with the club on 9 January 2018, the day after his 17th birthday. He appeared for the club's under-21 side in the

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, first as an unused substitute in the opening match against

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, before playing the full 90 minutes of matches against Lincoln City and

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Caen (loan)

On 17 August 2020, Traoré signed with

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on a season-long loan. He made his debut for Caen in a goalless draw away to Clermont on the opening day of the

2020–21 Ligue 2 The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2. Due to the uncertainty ca ...

season on 22 August 2020, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jessy Deminguet. On 4 June 2021, Traoré was one of eight

players to be released following the

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season.

Parma

On 8 September 2021, Traoré joined

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Frosinone

On 3 October 2022, Traoré signed a contract with

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club

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

until 30 June 2023.

Göztepe

On 31 January 2023 he joined Turkish side Göztepe.

International career

Born in France, Traoré is of Malian descent. He is a youth international for France and has been capped at under-16 and under-19 levels.

References

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at Ligue2.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Traore, Aliou 2001 births Footballers from Sarcelles French sportspeople of Malian descent Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Manchester United F.C. players Stade Malherbe Caen players Parma Calcio 1913 players Frosinone Calcio players Göztepe S.K. footballers Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Ligue 2 players Serie B players TFF 1. Lig players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen