Abdou Traoré (footballer, born 1988)

Abdoulaye Traoré, known as Abdou Traoré, is a Malian professional footballer born on 17 January 1988 who played as a midfielder, most recently for Al-Nahda in 2018, and who played for the Mali national team. Born in Bamako, he began his career with Cercle Olympique de Bamako, spending a year in the Malian Premiere Division before joining FC Girondins de Bordeaux in July 2006. He played 43 games over two years for the Bordeaux reserve team, scoring three goals, before being promoted to the Ligue 1 squad in July 2008. He left the club in 2017 after eleven years, having made 91 Ligue 1 appearances. His honours at Bordeaux include Ligue 1, the Coupe de la Ligue and the Coupe de France, and with Mali he won bronze at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, after a national team debut against Angola on 11 February 2009.