Idrissa "Saboteur" Malo Traoré (24 December 1943 – 3 December 2023) was a Burkinabé

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manager and player. He managed the Burkina Faso national team.

Playing career

Traoré played as a

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in Burkina Faso with

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and

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. He represented the Burkina Faso national team from 1964 to 1970.

Managerial career

Towards the end of his playing career, Traoré got his management badges and began his managerial career with Rail Club Kadiogo. He moved to the Ivory Coast with

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in 1986, Djoliba AC 2000. He thereafter was appointed the manager of the Burkina Faso national team from 1992 to 1996, and had another stint with them in 2006.

Death

Traoré died on 3 December 2023.

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* * 1943 births 2023 deaths People from Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso) Burkinabe men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Burkina Faso men's international footballers Burkinabe Premier League players RC Bobo Dioulasso players ASFA Yennenga players Burkinabe football managers Burkina Faso national football team managers Burkinabe expatriate football managers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast 21st-century Burkinabe people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub