Aïssata Traoré

Aïssata Traoré
Traoré with Boston Legacy FC in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997[1]
Place of birth Bamako, Mali[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Boston Legacy
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Super Lionnes d’Hamdallaye
2019 Beşiktaş 9 (8)
2019–2024 Guingamp 84 (8)
2024–2025 Fleury 20 (9)
2026– Boston Legacy 4 (1)
2025 → Fleury (loan) 9 (2)
International career‡
Mali 14 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 November 2018

Aïssata Traoré (born 9 September 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Boston Legacy FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Mali national team.

Club career

Traoré played for AS Super Lionness in her country before she was loaned out to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş J.K. for the second half of the 2018-19 Turkish First League season.[2][3][4] She won the championship with her team.[2][5]

Traoré signed with FC Fleury 91 in July 2024.[6] In her first season with the club, she scored nine goals and notched four assists in 20 games.[7]

On 10 July 2025, she signed with American club Boston Legacy FC, becoming the first Malian to sign in the National Women's Soccer League. With Boston starting play in 2026 as an expansion club, Traoré was loaned back to Fleury for the first half of the 2025–26 season.[8] On 28 March 2026, Traoré scored the first goal in Legacy FC club history, with an assist from Amanda Gutierres, in the 71st minute of a 2-1 loss to the Utah Royals at Gillette Stadium.[9]

International career

She was called up to the Mali national team in 2018, and took part at the 2018 Africa Cup of Nations held in Ghana. She played in five matches and scored one goal, helping her team reach the semifinals.[3]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
17 November 2018Accra Sports Stadium Accra, Ghana CameroonL 1–22018 Africa Women Cup of Nations - Group A1[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 May 2019[2]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş J.K. 2018–19Turkish First League 98––51149
Total 98--51149

Honours

Beşiktaş J.K.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aïssata Traoré". LTA Agency.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oyuncular - Futbolcular: Aissata Traore" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahmadu, Samuel (5 February 2019). "Mali midfielder Aissata Traore joins Besiktas on loan". Goal. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah. "Mali women's midfielder Aissata Traore joins Turkish club Besiktas". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Ahmadu, Samuel (29 April 2019). "ssata Traore's double helps Besiktas finish top of Turkish Women's League". Goal. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ↑ lima, Maeva (31 July 2024). "✍️🔴 Aissata Traoré s'engage avec le FC Fleury 91 jusqu'en 2025 !". FC FLEURY 91 (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Globe, The Boston (11 July 2025). "Boston Legacy adds second player, signing forward Aïssata Traoré". Boston.com. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "BLFC signs first Mali international in NWSL Aïssata Traoré". Boston Legacy FC. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Rourke, Riley (28 March 2026). "Aïssata Traoré scores Boston Legacy's first goal, before team falls 2-1 to Utah Royals". CBS News. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
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