 Traoré with Metz in 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Boubacar Traoré[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 August 2001[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2019 | AS de Bamako | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Metz | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Metz II | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Metz | 32 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mali U20 | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Mali U23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Mali | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Boubacar Traoré (born 20 August 2001) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mali national team.[4]
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Club career
Boubacar Traoré made his professional debut for FC Metz on the 10 May 2021, coming as a substitute of Kévin N'Doram in a Ligue 1 home game against Nîmes.[5]
Traoré made a deadline day move to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1 September 2022, on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy in the summer of 2023.[6]
Traoré made his Wolves debut in a 0–3 home defeat to Manchester City in the Premier League on 17 September 2022.[7]
Traoré scored his first goal for Wolves in a home EFL Cup game against Premier League rivals Leeds United to win the game 1–0 on 9 November 2022.[8]
On 1 February 2023, Wolves announced that Traoré's performances for the club had triggered a clause in his loan agreement that would make his move to Wolves permanent, effective 1 July 2023.[9]
International career
Traoré made his debut for the Mali senior national team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Algeria on 16 November 2022.[10]
In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the Malian under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco,[11][12] where the Eagles finished in third place and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[13][14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz II | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Metz | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2022–23 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2023–24 | Premier League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 3 | ||
International
- As of match played 3 February 2024[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
Mali U23
- U-23 Africa Cup of Nations bronze medal: 2023[13][14]
References
- ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2022/23 Squads Confirm". Premier League. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Boubacar Traoré: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Boubacar Traoré at Soccerway
- ^ Maltret, Laurent (9 May 2021). "Metz - Nîmes en direct, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 36e journée, Dimanche 09 Mai 2021". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Stone, Simon (1 September 2022). "Boubacar Traore: Wolves sign midfielder on season-long loan from Metz". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Stone, Simon (17 September 2022). "Wolves 0–3 Manchester City: Erling Haaland scores again in dominant win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Smith, Emma (9 November 2022). "Carabao Cup: Wolves 1–0 Leeds - Boubacar Traore fires hosts into last 16". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Boubacar to become permanent signing". www.wolves.co.uk. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane; Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane (16 November 2022). "Algérie 1 - Mali 1 : Un bon test pour les Verts". Africa Foot United.
- ^ "Mali stages comeback to defeat Gabon in TotalEnergies CAF U-23 AFCON | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Mali U23 vs. Gabon U23 - 25 June 2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Mali's U23 team ends 20-year wait, qualifies for Paris Olympics | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ a b "CAN 2023 : le Mali se qualifie aux JO 2024". Sport News Africa (in French). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Boubacar Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Profile at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website
- Boubacar Traoré at Soccerway
- Boubacar Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com
- Boubacar Traoré at WorldFootball.net
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