Mustapha Traoré

Mustapha Traoré
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 USON Mondeville
2005–2007 Caen 16 (0)
2007–2010 Caen B
Douvres-la-Délivrande
2013–? CA Paris-Charenton
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustapha Traoré (born 7 September 1982) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Paris, Traoré quit football because he performed badly at school.[1] He began his career in 2002 with USON Mondeville in CFA 2. In 2005, he was transferred to Caen. At Caen he made his professional debut on 7 October 2005 in 2–0 away wine against Dijon. He signed his first professional contract in summer 2006.[2]

In December 2006, with Brahim Thiam suspended, Traoré competed with Grégory Leca for a defensive partnership with Jérémy Sorbon.[3] In May 2007, in his second season at Caen, Traoré suffered a double fracture of the tibia and fibula in the final match of the season.[1] Seven months later, a cardiologist discovered a heart defect which necessitated an operation.[1] In May 2008 Traoré received heart surgery[1] and, having received medical clearance to play, played eight months later for Caen's reserves.[1] He remained with the reserves until his contract ended.[1]

Traoré subsequently joined a small club in the town of Douvres-la-Délivrande, playing in the Promotion d'honneur regional league.[1] In 2013 he signed with CA Paris-Charenton in the seventh-tier Division Supérieure Régionale, joining up with coach Bienvenu Ngila who coached him at Mondeville and Caen.[1]

International career

Having returned to playing after a one-and-a-half-year break from playing in November 2008, making eight appearances for Caen's reserves in the Championnat de France Amateur, Traoré was called up to the Gambia national team's 20-man squad in February 2009, for a friendly match against Gabon.[4]

Style of play

Traoré made his debut for Caen at right-back but preferred playing centrally in defence or defensive midfield.[4]

Personal life

Traoré was born in Paris to a Malian mother and a Gambian father who arrived in France in 1975.[4]

As of January 2014 he had one child.[1]

Honours

Caen

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Detout, Arnaud (20 January 2014). "Opéré du cœur, il rejoue au foot" [Back on the pitch after heart surgery]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  2. ↑ L., G. (6 April 2007). "Mustapha Traoré, roi de l'autocritique, poursuit son apprentissage" [Mustapha Traoré, king of self-criticism, continues his learning curve]. maville.com (in French). Ouest France. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  3. ↑ L., G. (4 December 2006). "Mustapha Traoré, une histoire vraie" [Mustapha Traoré: A true story]. maville.com (in French). Ouest France. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Football : Traoré espère une première cape avec la Gambie" [Football: Traoré hopes for first cap with The Gambia]. Ouest France (in French). 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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