Hamed Traorè

Hamed Traorè
Traorè with Bournemouth in 2023
Personal information
Full name Hamed Junior Traorè[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre (on loan from Bournemouth)
Number 25
Youth career
2015 Boca Barco
2015–2018 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Empoli 42 (2)
2019–2021 → Sassuolo (loan) 66 (9)
2021–2023 Sassuolo 42 (7)
2023 → Bournemouth (loan) 7 (0)
2023– Bournemouth 3 (0)
2024 → Napoli (loan) 9 (0)
2024– → Auxerre (loan) 5 (2)
International career‡
2019 Ivory Coast U23 4 (0)
2021– Ivory Coast 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Hamed Junior Traorè (born 16 February 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Auxerre, on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth, and the Ivory Coast national team.

Early life

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Traorè moved to Italy at a young age.[3]

Club career

Empoli

Traorè made his Serie B debut for Empoli on 8 October 2017 in a game against Foggia.[4] On 26 August 2018, he made his debut in Serie A in the defeat against Genoa, substituting Zajc the 85th minute.[5]

On 15 January 2019, Fiorentina agreed a deal to sign Traorè with him remaining on loan at Empoli for the remainder of the season.[6] However, at the end of the season, Empoli chairman Fabrizio Corsi announced the deal had fallen through.[7]

Sassuolo

On 12 July 2019, Traorè joined Sassuolo on a two-year loan with an option to buy.[8]

Bournemouth

On 31 January 2023, Traorè joined Premier League side Bournemouth on an initial loan until the end of the season, with the deal being set to turn into a permanent transfer and including a five-year contract.[9] On 16 May, Bournemouth announced that the mandatory obligation to buy for the player had officially been activated.[10]

In December 2023, Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola publicly confirmed that Traorè had been hospitalized after being diagnosed with malaria, and that he was set to undergo long-term recovery.[11][12] The following month, following medical tests in Rome, he was cleared to return to full training.[13]

Loan to Napoli

On 17 January 2024, Traorè returned to Italy and joined Serie A club Napoli on loan with a reported option to buy of €25 million.[14][15]

Loan to Auxerre

On 27 August 2024, Ligue 1 side Auxerre announced they had completed the loan signing of Traorè from Bournemouth for one year with no purchase clause.[16]

International career

Traorè debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[17][18]

He made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 6 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cameroon, a 2–1 home victory. He substituted Jérémie Boga in the 69th minute.[19]

Personal life

In July 2020, an investigation into trafficking of football players was launched by the public prosecutor's office of Parma.[20] Among the involved was Hamed Mamadou Traorè, a distant relative of Hamed and his alleged brother Amad Diallo, who was accused of posing as their father to facilitate their immigration to Italy.[20] The investigation also questioned the relationship between Hamed and Amad.[21]

On 10 February 2021, Traorè was found guilty of violating the Italian Sports Justice Code in order to join the football club "ASD Boca Barco" in 2015 under the name "Hamed Junior Traorè".[22] He was accused of falsifying documents in order to fake a relationship with Hamed Mamadou Traorè, an Ivorian citizen resident in Italy, and request a family reunification.[22] Traorè requested a plea bargain, with the Federal Prosecutor's Office imposing a fine of €48,000.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Empoli 2017–18 Serie B 10 0 — — — 10 0
2018–19 Serie A 32 2 1 0 — — 33 2
Total 42 2 1 0 — — 43 2
Sassuolo (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 31 4 2 1 — — 33 5
2020–21 Serie A 35 5 0 0 — — 35 5
Total 66 9 2 1 — — 68 10
Sassuolo 2021–22 Serie A 31 7 1 1 — — 32 8
2022–23 Serie A 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Total 42 7 1 1 — — 43 8
Bournemouth (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 7 0 — — — 7 0
Bournemouth 2023–24 Premier League 3 0 0 0 3 1 — 6 1
Napoli (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 9 0 — — 2[c] 0 11 0
Auxerre (loan) 2024–25 Ligue 1 5 2 0 0 — — 5 2
Career total 174 20 4 2 3 1 2 0 183 23
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 20 November 2023[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ivory Coast 2021 3 0
2022 1 0
2023 6 2
Total 10 2

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Traorè goal.

List of international goals scored by Hamed Traorè
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 17 November 2023 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Seychelles 3–0 9–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification [25]
2 8–0

Honours

Ivory Coast U23

References

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  3. ^ "Traffico di calciatori, coinvolto anche il "padre" di Hamed Junior Traorè". Reggionline – Quotidianionline – Telereggio – Trc – TRM (in Italian). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 8 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Genoa-Empoli 2–1, orgoglio rossoblù nella notte del dolore". Repubblica.it. 26 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Official: Fiorentina sign Traore". football-italia.net. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. ^ "L'Empoli: "Mancano le carte, Traoré resta". La Fiorentina: "Dubbi, rifaremo le visite"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ecco Traore dall'Empoli. Prestito biennale e obbligo". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ^ "CHERRIES SIGN IVORY COAST INTERNATIONAL TRAORÈ". AFC Bournemouth. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Traorè completes permanent Cherries move". AFCB. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Bournemouth's Hamed Traoré hit by malaria and faces long-term absence". The Guardian. 29 December 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Traorè ha la malaria: 'Starà fuori a lungo'". Sky Sport (in Italian). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Hamed Traorè è guarito dalla malaria e torna sul mercato". Sky Sport (in Italian). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  14. ^ "IL NAPOLI UFFICIALIZZA L'ARRIVO DI TRAORÈ CON LA FORMULA DEL PRESTITO CON DIRITTO DI RISCATTO" [NAPOLI MAKE TRAORÈ'S ARRIVAL OFFICIAL WITH THE LOAN FORMULA WITH RIGHT OF REDEMPTION] (in Italian). Napoli. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  15. ^ Rotondaro, Vittorio (17 January 2024). "Altro colpo per il Napoli: è ufficiale l'arrivo di Traorè". Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  16. ^ Alain, Alexandre (27 August 2024). "Hamed Junior Traoré prêté à l'AJA". AJA (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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  19. ^ "Ivory Coast v Cameroon game report". FIFA. 6 September 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Traffico di calciatori, coinvolto anche il "padre" di Hamed Junior Traorè". Reggionline – Quotidianionline – Telereggio – Trc – TRM (in Italian). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  21. ^ Di Landro, Armando (11 July 2020). ""Il talento dell'Atalanta Traore portato in Italia illegalmente": indagati i finti genitori". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  22. ^ a b c "La Procura di Parma svelò il sistema dei falsi genitori: patteggiano i calciatori Traore e Diallo". la Repubblica (in Italian). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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  24. ^ "Hamed Traorè". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Ivory Coast score nine against Seychelles for record victory". France 24. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  26. ^ "CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  27. ^ "Matches | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019".