Maï Traoré

Maï Traoré (born 24 November 1999) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eliteserien club Tromsø, on loan from Viking.

Maï Traoré[1]
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-24) 24 November 1999[2]
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Tromsø
(on loan from Viking)
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 FC Aliya Guinée
2017–2021 Vasalunds IF 79 (41)
2021– Viking 33 (4)
2023 → OH Leuven (loan) 1 (0)
2023– → Tromsø (loan) 9 (3)
International career
2018 Guinea U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023

Club career

Early career

Traoré started his senior career with Congolese club AC Ujana in 2016.[2] In 2017, he joined Swedish club Vasalunds IF. In the first months, he only featured for the club's U19 and U21 teams. He made his senior debut for Vasalund in the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen against Hammarby on 18 February 2018, even scoring a goal.[3][4] In the 2020 Division 1, he scored 23 goals in 29 matches.[5]

Viking

In March 2021, he transferred to the Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking FK, signing a four-year contract. He stayed with Vasalund for the first half of the 2021 season, before joining Viking in August 2021.[6][7] He was given shirt number 24 at his new club.[8] On 8 August 2021, he made his debut against Kristiansund, coming on as a substitute in the 43rd minute for an injured Veton Berisha.[9] On 16 May 2022, he scored his first goal for the club against Jerv.[10]

In January 2023, Traoré joined Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent.[11] Traoré made his debut for OH Leuven on 4 February 2023, when he came on in the last minute of the 2–1 away loss to Seraing.[12] This would turn out to be his only minute in an OHL-shirt, as a few weeks later on 31 March 2023, Norwegian club Tromsø announced they had taken over the loan deal, including the option to buy.[13]

International career

Traoré has featured for the Guinea U23 national team. On 15 November 2018, he scored a goal against Mauritania in the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification.[14][15]

Career statistics
As of match played 13 November 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vasalund 2018[5] Division 2 241141——2812
2019[5] Division 1 16210——172
2020[5] Division 1 292310——3023
2021[5] Superettan 10500——105
Total 794161——8542
Viking 2021[10] Eliteserien 10010——110
2022[10] Eliteserien 234415[lower-alpha 1]2—327
Total 3345152—437
Career total 11245112520012849
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours
Vasalunds IF

References
  1. "Mai Traore / Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. Maï Traoré at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Mai Traore". lagstatistik.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. Lund, Oskar (23 June 2020). "Efter galna prestationen – talangen kan säljas inom kort". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. Maï Traoré at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
  6. Svendsen, Dag Atle (15 March 2021). "Mai Traore har signert" [Mai Traore has signed] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. Flygind, Kjetil; Nilssen, Stig (11 March 2021). "Overgangen bekreftet: Mai Traore klar for Viking". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. Svendsen, Dag Atle (26 April 2021). "Flere bytter draktnummer" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. Nilssen, Stig (8 August 2021). "Tripic tilbake i storslag da Viking tok etterlengtet seier". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. Maï Traoré at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  11. "AANVALLENDE VERSTERKING VOOR OH LEUVEN" [OFFENSIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR OH LEUVEN]. www.ohleuven.com (in Dutch). 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. "Het wonder is geschied: Seraing viert tegen OHL eerste thuiszege op cruciaal moment". 4 February 2023.
  13. https://www.til.no/nyheter/traore-har-signert
  14. "Éliminatoires de la CAN U23: la liste des joueurs convoqués par Souleymane Camara". Journal de Conakry (in French). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  15. "Qualification de la CAN U23: La Guinée domine la Mauritanie à Nouakchott". Journal de Conakry (in French). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  16. Maï Traoré at Soccerway
  17. "Ettan Norra 2020" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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