Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1995)

Moussa Traoré (born in 8 May 1995) is a Guinean footballer who plays for Portuguese club F.C. Arouca and the Guinea national team as a goalkeeper.

Moussa Traoré
Personal information
Full name Moussa Traoré
Date of birth (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Arouca
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2014 Aurrerá Vitoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Ariznabarra
2015–2018 Mirandés B 75 (0)
2019 Vitoria 0 (0)
2019– Arouca 0 (0)
National team‡
2017– Guinea 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:57, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2018

Club career

Born in Conakry, Traoré moved to Vitoria-Gasteiz at the age of eight and started playing for CD Aurrerá de Vitoria.[2] He made his senior debut with CD Ariznabarra in the 2014–15 campaign, in the regional leagues, before joining CD Mirandés and being assigned to the reserves in 2015.

In January 2019, Traoré joined another reserve team, CD Vitoria in Segunda División B, but failed to make an appearance for the side. On 18 July 2019, he was announced at Campeonato de Portugal side F.C. Arouca.[3]

International career

Traoré was first called up for the Guinea national team on 26 October 2017, ahead of a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against DR Congo.[4] He made his full international debut on 11 November, starting in the 1–3 away loss at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa.[5]

References
  1. Moussa Traoré at Soccerway
  2. "Musa Traoré, portero en regional e internacional absoluto con Guinea Conakry" [Musa Traoré, goalkeeper in the regional and full international with Guniea] (in Spanish). ABC. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. "⚽️Moussa Traoré, Miguel Abreu, Kevin Ceijas e Tomás Fontes já vestem as cores do FC Arouca" [⚽️Moussa Traoré, Miguel Abreu, Kevin Ceijas and Tomás Fontes already wear the colors of FC Arouca.]. FC Arouca (in Portuguese). Facebook. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. "RDC-Guinée: Traoré et Kuffour de retour (les 22 joueurs de Lappé)" [DRC-Guinea: Traoré and Kuffour returning (the 22 players of Lappé)] (in French). Guinée Foot. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. "DR Congo 3–1 Guinea". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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