Amara Traoré

Amara Traoré
Personal information
Date of birth	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
1988–1990	Bastia
1990–1992	Le Mans
1992–1996	Gueugnon
1996–1997	Metz
1997–1998	Châteauroux
1998	Al Wahda FC
1999–2003	Gueugnon
Total
International career
1987–2002	Senegal
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

Coupe de la Ligue: 1999–2000^[7]

References

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

External links

Amara Traoré – FIFA competition record (archived)
Amara Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com

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[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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