Steve Traoré
 Traoré with Lokomotiv Sofia in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve-Waren Tiana Sean Jucher Traoré | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| La Camillienne | |||
| RC Joinville | |||
| AS Montferrand | |||
| Clermont | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Clermont II | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Bourges 18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Créteil II | 21 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Créteil | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Sainte-Geneviève | 19 | (3) |
| 2022 | Beroe | 16 | (3) |
| 2023 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 40 | (3) |
| 2025 | Haka | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Benin | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Steve-Waren Tiana Sean Jucher Traoré (born 18 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in France, he plays for the Benin national team.
Club career
Traoré began his senior career in 2016 with the reserves of Clermont. In April 2018, he moved to Bourges 18.[1] After a season with them he transferred to Créteil in the Championnat National, where he mostly played with their reserves. He followed that up with a transfer to Sainte-Geneviève in 2021.[2]
On 5 July 2022, Traoré moved to the Bulgarian club Beroe.[3] On 31 March 2023, he moved to the Belarusian club Shakhtyor Soligorsk or the second half of the 2022–23 season.[4] On 19 July 2023 he transferred to Lokomotiv Sofia on a contract until 2025.[5]
On 28 January 2025, he signed for Haka in Veikkausliiga.[6] On 19 May, his contract was terminated.[7]
International career
Traoré was born in France to an Ivorian father and Beninese mother, and holds both nationalities.[2] He was called up to the Benin national team for a set of friendlies in October in 2023.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Clermont II | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bourges 18 | 2018–19 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Créteil | 2019–20 | National | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | National | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Créteil II | 2019–20 | National 3 | 17 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | National 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Sainte-Geneviève | 2021–22 | National 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 20 | 3 | |
| Beroe | 2022–23 | Bulgarian First League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2023 | Belarusian Premier League | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 26 | 3 | – | – | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bulgarian First League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| Haka | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Career total | 114 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 10 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Bulgarian Cup, Belarusian Cup and Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
International
- As of match played 15 October 2024
| Benin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1[a] | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
- ↑ Appearance(s) in 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
References
- ↑ France, Centre (4 December 2018). "Football/National 3 - Deux nouveaux joueurs au Bourges 18". www.leberry.fr.
- 1 2 "Découverte : Qui est Steve – Waren Traoré ? – Bénin Football". 25 September 2023.
- ↑ "Берое представи две нови попълнения". Sportal.bg.
- ↑ "ФК Шахтер Солигорcк | Стив Траоре стал игроком "Шахтера"". fcshakhter.by.
- ↑ "Локомотив София привлече флангови футболист, играл за Берое - Локомотив София - Dsport.bg". dsport.bg. 19 July 2023.
- ↑ STEVE TRAORÉ TUO LISÄÄ MONIPUOLISUUTTA HAKAN HYÖKKÄYKSEEN, fchaka.fi, 28 January 2025
- ↑ FC HAKA JA STEVE TRAORÉ PURKANEET PELAAJASOPIMUKSEN, fchaka.fi, 19 May 2025
- ↑ "Guépards du Bénin : Tout savoir sur Steve-Waren Traoré, la nouvelle pioche de Gernot Rohr". 2 October 2023.
External links
- Steve Traoré at Soccerway
- Steve Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- Beninese men's footballers
- 21st-century Beninese sportsmen
- Benin men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- Beninese people of Ivorian descent
- Ivorian men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Beninese descent
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football wingers
- Clermont Foot 63 players
- Bourges 18 players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Sainte-Geneviève Sports players
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
- FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players
- FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
- FC Haka players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Belarusian Premier League players
- Beninese expatriate men's footballers
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Veikkausliiga players