Boubacar Traoré (footballer, born 2001)

For other people named Boubacar Traoré, see Boubacar Traoré (disambiguation).

Boubacar Traoré
Traoré with Metz in 2021
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Traoré[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001[2]
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Metz
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 8
Youth career
–2019 AS de Bamako
2019–2020 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Metz II 6 (0)
2021–2023 Metz 32 (2)
2022–2023 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 10 (0)
2023– Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 (0)
2025– → Metz (loan) 17 (1)
International career‡
2019 Mali U20 9 (2)
2019– Mali Olympic 13 (2)
2022– Mali 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Mali
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Niger 2019 U-20 Team
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco 2023 U-23 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 July 2024

Boubacar Traoré (born 20 August 2001) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Metz, on loan from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the Mali national team.[4]

Club career

Boubacar Traoré made his professional debut for FC Metz on 10 May 2021, coming as a substitute of Kévin N'Doram in a Ligue 1 home game against Nîmes.[5]

Traoré made a deadline day move to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1 September 2022, on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy in the summer of 2023.[6]

Traoré made his Wolves debut in a 3–0 home defeat to Manchester City in the Premier League on 17 September 2022.[7]

Traoré scored his first goal for Wolves in a home EFL Cup game against Premier League rivals Leeds United to win the game 1–0 on 9 November 2022.[8]

On 1 February 2023, Wolves announced that Traoré's performances for the club had triggered a clause in his loan agreement that would make his move to Wolves permanent, effective 1 July 2023.[9]

International career

Traoré made his debut for the Mali senior national team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Algeria on 16 November 2022.[10]

In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the Malian under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco,[11][12] where the Eagles finished in third place and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[13][14]

Personal life

Traoré also holds French citizenship.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz II 2019–20 Championnat National 3 6 0 — — — 6 0
Metz 2020–21 Ligue 1 2 1 0 0 — — 2 1
2021–22 Ligue 1 27 1 1 0 — — 28 1
2022–23 Ligue 2 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 32 2 1 0 — — 33 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 10 0 0 0 1 1 — 11 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2023–24 Premier League 24 0 1 0 2 0 — 27 0
2024–25 Premier League 1 0 1 0 1 0 — 3 0
Wolves total 35 0 2 0 4 1 — 41 1
Metz (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 1 17 1 2 2 — — 19 3
Career total 90 3 5 2 4 1 0 0 99 6

International

As of match played 3 February 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2022 1 0
2024 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Mali U20

Mali U23

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup

References

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2022/23 Squads Confirm". Premier League. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Boubacar Traoré: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ Boubacar Traoré at Soccerway
  5. ^ Maltret, Laurent (9 May 2021). "Metz – Nîmes en direct, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 36e journée, Dimanche 09 Mai 2021". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ Stone, Simon (1 September 2022). "Boubacar Traore: Wolves sign midfielder on season-long loan from Metz". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. ^ Stone, Simon (17 September 2022). "Wolves 0–3 Manchester City: Erling Haaland scores again in dominant win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  8. ^ Smith, Emma (9 November 2022). "Carabao Cup: Wolves 1–0 Leeds – Boubacar Traore fires hosts into last 16". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Boubacar to become permanent signing". wolves.co.uk. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane; Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane (16 November 2022). "Algérie 1 – Mali 1 : Un bon test pour les Verts". Africa Foot United.
  11. ^ "Mali stages comeback to defeat Gabon in TotalEnergies CAF U-23 AFCON | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Mali U23 vs. Gabon U23 – 25 June 2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Mali's U23 team ends 20-year wait, qualifies for Paris Olympics | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  14. ^ a b "CAN 2023 : le Mali se qualifie aux JO 2024". Sport News Africa (in French). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  15. ^ Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane; Mehenni (Alger), Sofiane (16 November 2022). "Algérie 1 – Mali 1 : Un bon test pour les Verts". Africa Foot United.
  16. ^ Boubacar Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ^ "CAN U20 : battu par le Mali en finale, le Sénégal est vraiment maudit…". afrik-foot.com (in French). 17 February 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
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