Drissa Traoré (born 25 March 1992) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

After playing in France for

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, Traoré signed for English club

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on 1 September 2014. He was released by the club at the end of the 2014–15 season. Traoré signed a one-year contract on 13 July 2015 with

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. In April 2016, he was suspended by the club alongside teammates Jeremy Balmy and Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill. Swindon Town launched a full investigation into the trio, after they were seen on social media inhaling

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gas. In June 2016, Traoré joined

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Formed in October 188 ...

on a two-year contract, linking up with his former

manager Mark Cooper at

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. He helped Forest Green gain promotion to the

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for the first time in their history on 14 May 2017 in the

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play-off final at

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, starting in a 3–1 win over

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. Traoré left Forest Green Rovers in February 2018, joining Tranmere Rovers in March 2018. He missed a visit to see family in France in order to complete the signing. He was released by Tranmere at the end of the 2017–18 season.

International career

Traoré has represented the Ivory Coast at under-20 youth level.

Career statistics

References

Living people 1992 births Footballers from Bouaké Men's association football midfielders Ivorian men's footballers Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players English Football League players National League (English football) players Le Havre AC players Notts County F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players AS Beauvais Oise players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers US Chantilly players 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub