Mai Traore

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Mai Traore
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 22)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Club information
Current team
 Viking
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017
2017–2021 Vasalunds IF 79 (41)
2021– Viking 10 (0)
National team
2018 Guinea U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:24, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Mai Traore (born 24 November 1999) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian club Viking FK. He also holds Congolese nationality.[1]

Club career[]

Traore started his senior career with Congolese club AC Ujana in 2016.[1] 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.[2][3] In the 2020 Division 1, he scored 23 goals in 29 matches.[4]

In March 2021, he transferred to 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.[5][6] He was given shirt number 24 at his new club.[7] He made his debut for Viking on 8 August 2021 against Kristiansund, coming on as a substitute in the 43rd minute for an injured Veton Berisha.[8]

International career[]

Traore 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.[9][10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 5 December 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasalund 2018[4] Division 2 24 11 4 1 — — 28 12
2019[4] Division 1 16 2 1 0 — — 17 2
2020[4] 29 23 1 0 — — 30 23
2021[4] Superettan 10 5 0 0 — — 10 5
Total 79 41 6 1 — — 85 42
Viking 2021[12] Eliteserien 10 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Career total 89 41 7 1 0 0 0 0 96 42

Honours[]

Vasalunds IF
  • Division 1: 2020[13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Mai Traore at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Mai Traore". lagstatistik.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ Lund, Oskar (23 June 2020). "Efter galna prestationen – talangen kan säljas inom kort". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Mai Traore at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
  5. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (15 March 2021). "Mai Traore har signert" [Mai Traore has signed] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ Flygind, Kjetil; Nilssen, Stig (11 March 2021). "Overgangen bekreftet: Mai Traore klar for Viking". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (26 April 2021). "Flere bytter draktnummer" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. ^ Nilssen, Stig (8 August 2021). "Tripic tilbake i storslag da Viking tok etterlengtet seier". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Qualification de la CAN U23: La Guinée domine la Mauritanie à Nouakchott". Journal de Conakry (in French). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ Mai Traore at Soccerway
  12. ^ Mai Traore at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  13. ^ "Ettan Norra 2020" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

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