Ibrahim Traoré (footballer)

Ibrahim Benjamin Traoré (born 16 September 1988) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viktoria Plzeň in the Czech First League.

For the French-Guinean footballer, see Ibrahima Traoré.

Ibrahim Traoré
Traoré with Slavia Prague in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim Benjamin Traoré[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Viktoria Plzeň
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 CO Korhogo ? (?)
2011–2013 AS Tanda ? (?)
2013–2014 Al-Ahly Benghazi ? (?)
2014–2016 Táborsko 48 (9)
2016–2019 Zlín 52 (2)
2018 → Slavia Prague (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2023 Slavia Prague 100 (10)
2023– Viktoria Plzeň 4 (2)
International career‡
2019– Ivory Coast 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Traoré began his career with Ivorian clubs CO Korhogo and AS Tanda, before signing for Al-Ahly Benghazi of the Libyan Premier League in 2013.[2] In 2014, he moved to Táborsko in the Czech National Football League, the second tier of football in the Czech Republic. After a break-out season in the 2015–16 Czech National Football League, he moved to the top league side Zlín in September 2016.[3]

On 3 September 2018, Slavia Prague announced that they had signed Traoré on loan, with an obligation to buy.[4]

In January 2019, Traoré signed a contract with Slavia Prague for an undisclosed fee.[5]

In June 2023, Traoré signed a one-year contract with Viktoria Plzeň for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career

In November 2019, he received his first international call up from the Ivory Coast national team, aged 31.[7]

Career statistics
As of 25 June 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Táborsko 2013–14 Czech National Football League 4000——40
2014–15 22421——245
2015–16 18320——203
2016–17 4210——52
Total 48951——5310
Zlín 2016–17 Czech First League 23050——280
2017–18 222306010322
2018–19 7000——70
Total 522806010672
Slavia Prague (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League 702060—150
Slavia Prague 2018–19 923051—173
2019–20 253106010333
2020–21 2505190—391
2021–22 29431164—489
2022–23 12120101—242
Total 100101424661016118
Career total 207192935862029630

References
  1. "Zlínský klub posílil kádr o nového hráče!". FC FASTAV Zlín (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. "Ibrahim Traoré". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. "Traore chce žít Wilfriedův příběh. Teď odchází z Táborska do Zlína". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. "Ibrahim Traoré joins Slavia on loan". SK Slavia Prague. 3 September 2018.
  5. "Tým je kompletní. Olayinka i Traoré vyhlížejí úspěšné jaro" (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. "Traoré po pěti letech v pražské Slavii přestoupil do Plzně. S Viktorií podepsal smlouvu na jeden rok". Sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  7. "Ibrahim Traore receives first Ivory Coast call-up at 31". BBC Sport. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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