Makan Traoré

Makan Traoré
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Ivry-sur-Seine, France[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Olympique Alès
Youth career
2009–2010 Châteauroux[2]
2010–2011 Viry-Châtillon[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Valenciennes B 29 (0)
2012–2014 Laval 29 (0)
2013–2014 Laval B 20 (0)
2014–2017 Paris Saint-Germain B 37 (0)
2017 Thonon Evian
2017–2018 FC Miami City
2018–2021 Bastia-Borgo 44 (1)
2021–2022 Versailles 17 (0)
2022–2024 Fleury 16 (0)
2024– Olympique Alès 8 (0)
International career
2013 France U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024

Makan Traoré (born 26 May 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Championnat National 3 club Olympique Alès.[1]

Career

Makan Traoré was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. He holds French and Malian nationalities.[4]

He trained at Châteauroux from the age at 14, playing at U17 and U19 levels for the club. In the summer of 2010 he joined Viry-Châtillon for a season before moving to Valenciennes, where he played only for the B team. In June 2012 he signed for Laval, on a three-year professional contract.[5]

Traoré made his professional debut for Laval in the first Ligue 2 game of the 2012–13 season, playing 88 minutes of a 1–1 draw against his former club Châteauroux.[6] Despite regular appearances in his first season at the club, he was given little playing time the following season, and on 10 June 2014 it was announced that he was leaving Laval.[7]

In July 2014, Traoré signed a one-year professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain, to strengthen the club's B team.[8] By 2017, Makan was third choice as in his left back position, and regularly trained with the professional group at the club, and subject of interest from clubs in England, Scotland and Belgium, but he was frustrated at the lack of opportunity to progress.[9][10] He left the club without any deal, and signed short term for Régional 2 (level 7) side Thonon Evian in the autumn, before moving to the United States to play for FC Miami City in December 2017.[11]

In December 2018 Traoré returned to France with Bastia-Borgo, signing initially until the end of the 2018–19 season.[12] He went on to make 44 league appearances for the club before leaving at the end of the 2020–21 season.[1]

In July 2021, Traoré signed for Championnat National 2 side Versailles.[13] On 2 January 2022, he scored a "magnificent" volley goal in a Coupe de France match against La Roche.[14]

In June 2022, Traoré signed with Fleury in Championnat National 2.[15]

Honours

Versailles

References

  1. ^ a b c d Makan Traoré at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Makan Traoré". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Makan Traoré" (in French). FFF. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Makan TRAORE -".
  5. ^ "Stade Lavallois : Un Traoré peut en cacher un autre..." (in French). Ouest France via maville.com. 8 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Châteauroux vs. Laval 1-1". Soccerway. 27 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Laval : Un départ acté, un nouvel adjoint nommé (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 10 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Laval : Un jeune défenseur file au Paris Saint-Germain" (in French). foot-national.com. 1 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Mercato - Le clan Makan Traoré en a ras-le-bol et menace de quitter le PSG (exclu Madein)" (in French). madeinfoot.com. 27 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Le Standard s'intéresse à un joueur du PSG!" (in French). footnews.be. 28 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Thonon Evian Savoie : Makan Traoré à Miami au printemps" (in French). Le Dauphiné. 21 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Makan Traoré (ex Paris Saint-Germain) retrouve un club de National 2" (in French). actufoot.com. 6 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Le FC Versailles frappe encore, Diego Michel arrive du Red Star" [FC Versailles strikes again, Diego Michel arrives from Red Star]. Actufoot (in French). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Coupe de France, 16e de finale - Le but sublime de Makan Traoré lors de Versailles - La Roche Vendée". Eurosport (in French). 2 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Makan TRAORÉ rejoint Fleury !" (in French). Fleury. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  16. ^ Bouchacourt, Jérome (15 May 2022). "National 2 A. Versailles champion, Saint-Malo n'est plus relégable" [National 2 A. Versailles champion, Saint-Malo is no longer in the relegation spots]. Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2022.


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