Abdoulaye Traoré (footballer, born 1967)

Abdoulaye Traoré (born 4 March 1967), nicknamed Ben Badi, is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored 49 goals in 88 appearances for the Ivory Coast.

Abdoulaye Traoré

Traoré in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Stella Adjamé	0	(0)
1985–1986	ASEC Mimosas	6	(2)
1986	Braga	6	(0)
1986–1987	Metz B	15	(4)
1987–1988	Sète 34	19	(5)
1988–1989	Toulon Var	3	(0)
1989–1990	Olympique Avignonnais	11	(2)
1990–1995	ASEC Mimosas	84	(32)
1995–1997	Al-Orobah	21	(8)
International career
1984–1996	Ivory Coast[1]	90	(49)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He made six Primeira Liga appearances for Braga.^[2]

In 2015, he became an ambassador of The SATUC Cup, a new charitable global football competition for U16 orphans, refugees and disadvantaged children.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	1984	5	5
	1985	15	7
	1986	5	3
	1987	14	8
	1988	3	2
	1989	5	5
	1990	3	3
	1991	5	4
	1992	11	5
	1993	6	3
	1994	9	4
	1995	5	0
	1996	4	0
Total		90	49

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each Traoré goal.

List of international goals scored by Abdoulaye Traoré

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	21 October 1984	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Gambia	1-0	4-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[3]
2				2-0
3	4 November 1984	Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia	Gambia	1-1	2-3	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[4]
4	28 December 1984	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Tunisia	1-1	3-1	Friendly	[5]
5				3-1
6	20 February 1985	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Congo	—	2-1	Friendly	[6]
7				—
8	31 March 1985	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Mali	1-0	6-0	1986 African Cup of Nations qualification	[7]
9				4-0
10				5-0
11	14 April 1985	Bamako, Mali	Mali	1-0	1-1	1986 African Cup of Nations qualification	[8]
12	27 December 1985	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Guinea	1-0	1-0	1985 CEDEAO Cup	[9]
13	7 March 1986	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Mozambique	1-0	3-0	1986 African Cup of Nations	[10]
14				2-0
15	13 March 1986	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Senegal	1-0	1-0	1986 African Cup of Nations	[11]
16	18 January 1987	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1-0	1-0	1987 All-Africa Games qualification	[1]
17	29 March 1987	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Congo	—	2-0	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[12]
18	5 April 1987	Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo	Congo	—	2-1	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[13]
19	19 April 1987	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ghana	—	2-1	1987 All-Africa Games qualification	[14]
20				—
21	3 July 1987	Lilongwe, Malawi	Malawi	—	2-1	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[15]
22				—
23	19 July 1987	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Malawi	—	2-0	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[16]
24	13 March 1988	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Algeria	1-1	1-1	1988 African Cup of Nations	[17]
25	16 March 1988	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Zaire	1-1	1-1	1988 African Cup of Nations	[18]
26	23 April 1989	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Angola	—	4-1	1990 African Cup of Nations qualification	[19]
27				—
28	16 July 1989	Bamako, Mali	Mali	1-0	2-2	1990 African Cup of Nations qualification	[20]
29	30 July 1989	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Mali	—	3-1	1990 African Cup of Nations qualification	[citation needed]
30				—
31	3 March 1990	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria	Egypt	1-0	3-0	1990 African Cup of Nations	[21]
32				2-0
33	30 September 1990	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger	Niger	1-0	1-0	1992 African Cup of Nations qualification	[22]
34	30 April 1991	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Niger	1-0	1-0	1992 African Cup of Nations qualification	[23]
35	28 July 1991	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Morocco	2-0	2-0	1992 African Cup of Nations qualification	[24]
36	2 November 1991	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Senegal	1-0	1-0	1991 CEDEAO Cup	[25]
37	15 December 1991	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Kenya	2-0	4-0	Friendly	[26]
38	13 January 1992	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor, Senegal	Algeria	1-0	3-0	1992 African Cup of Nations	[27]
39	10 October 1992	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Botswana	1-0	6-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[28]
40				3-0
41				6-0
42	19 October 1992	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	United States	1-1	2-5	1992 King Fahd Cup	[29]
43	31 January 1993	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Niger	1-0	1-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[30]
44	2 May 1993	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1-1	2-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[31]
45	19 December 1993	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali	Mali	1-0	1-0	Friendly	[32]
46	29 January 1994	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Niger	1-0	5-3	Friendly	[33]
47				2-0
48				3-1
49	3 April 1994	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia	Ghana	2-1	2-1	1994 African Cup of Nations	[34]

Honours

• Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire: 1990, 1991
• CAF Champions League runner-up: 1995

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1992; third place: 1986, runner-up 1994
• FIFA Confederations Cup fourth place: 1992

Individual

• Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) top scorer: 1992, 1994