Saratou Traoré (born 27 September 2002) is a Malian

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, who plays as a

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for

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in the Turkish Women's Super League and the Mali women's national team.

Club career

Traoré played as

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for Super Lionnes d’Hamdallay in her country. She enjoyed her team's runners-up rank in the Mali Women's National Football Championship and the champions title in the 2020-21 Mali w,Women's Football Cup. By December 2021, she moved to Turkey, and signed with the newly established

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club

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. She scored 15 goals in 25 matches of the 2021-22 Women's Super League season.

International career

She is a member of the Mali women's national team.

Career statistics

References

2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kayes Region 21st-century Malian sportswomen Malian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Mali women's international footballers Malian expatriate women's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players {{Mali-women-footy-bio-stub