Sammy Traoré
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 February 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2002 | Créteil-Lusitanos | 149 | (1) |
2002–2006 | Nice | 112 | (11) |
2006–2012 | Paris Saint-Germain | 67 | (1) |
2007–2008 | → Auxerre (loan) | 25 | (1) |
Total | 353 | (14) | |
International career | |||
2001–2008 | Mali | 20 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2016– | Maccabi Créteil FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sammy Traoré (born 25 February 1976) is a French and Malian football manager, as a player his preferred position was a defender. He made good use of the stepover technique, rarely seen in defenders, to maintain possession and also start attacking moves.[citation needed]
Traore was a regular and successful member of the Mali national team between 2001 and 2008.
Managerial career
[edit]In July 2016, Traoré, a Muslim, was appointed as manager of the Jewish-supported Maccabi Créteil FC based in Paris.[1]
Honors
[edit]Paris Saint-Germain
Mali
- Africa Cup of Nations four place: 2004[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "A Sweet Victory' for Ahmad". BBC World Service. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Résultat et résumé Monaco - Paris-SG, Coupe de France, Finale, Samedi 01 Mai 2010". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "African Nations Cup 2004".
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sammy Traoré.
- Sammy Traoré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- Malian men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Men's association football central defenders
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- OGC Nice players
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- AJ Auxerre players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Malian football biography stubs