Sammy Traoré

Sammy Traoré
	Traoré with Paris Saint-Germain in May 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	25 February 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Créteil, France
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2002	Créteil-Lusitanos
2002–2006	Nice
2006–2012	Paris Saint-Germain
2007–2008	→ Auxerre (loan)
Total
International career
2001–2008	Mali
Managerial career
2016–	Maccabi Créteil FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sammy Traoré (born 25 February 1976 in Créteil) 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

In July 2016, Traoré, a Muslim, was appointed as manager of the Jewish-supported Maccabi Créteil FC based in Paris.^[1]

References

^ "A Sweet Victory' for Ahmad". BBC World Service. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

External links

Sammy Traoré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)

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[1] "A Sweet Victory' for Ahmad". BBC World Service. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

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