Amara Traoré

Amara Traoré
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-09-25) 25 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Saint-Louis, Senegal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Horoya AC (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1987 ETICS Mboro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Bastia 54 (22)
1990–1992 Le Mans 40 (6)
1992–1996 Gueugnon 137 (58)
1996–1997 Metz 24 (6)
1997–1998 Châteauroux 18 (3)
1998 Al Wahda FC
1999–2003 Gueugnon 113 (39)
Total 386 (134)
International career
1987–2002 Senegal 36 (14)
Managerial career
2007–2009 ASC Linguère
2009–2012 Senegal
2013 AS Kaloum
2013– Horoya AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amara Traoré (born 25 September 1965) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who is the head coach of Horoya AC in the Guinée Championnat National.

He managed the Senegal national team and ASC Linguère in Senegal.

Playing career

Traoré played for several teams, including SC Bastia, FC Gueugnon, FC Metz,[1] all in France.[2] He holds Senegalese and French nationalities.[3]

He also played for the Senegal national team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

Traoré was named Senegal manager in December 2009,[4][5] and he was in charge of the national team for more than two years, until February 2012. In March 2013, he took the head coaching job with the Guinean side AS Kaloum.[6]

Honours

Gueugnon

References

  1. ^ Profile Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  2. ^ Amara Traoré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  3. ^ "Joueur".
  4. ^ "Football - Senegal : Amara Traoré nouvel entraîneur des Lions". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Agence de Presse Sénégalaise". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Traore lands coaching job at AS Kaloum". StarAfrica.com. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ "COUPE DE LA LIGUE Saison 1999-2000". deux-zero.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.


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