Malian football player Traore Draman

Traore Draman is a Malian football player who is currently performing at the Indian club Pune City. Russian fans, this 34-year-old player, nearing the end of his career, is known mainly for matches for "Lokomotiv" and "Kuban", as well as for the Ukrainian "Metallurg". Traore Draman plays the position of the central striker, but does not have to be on the edge - he can also take the position of a drawn forward.

Carier start

Traore Draman was born on June 17, 1982 in Mali, where he started his football career. He studied at the academy of the club "Stud Malyan", with whom he signed a professional contract in 2000. But to play for the main team, he started at the age of 17, and under the contract he spent only one year at the club. During this time he went on the field 12 times and scored nine goals. As a result, in 2001, Traore moved to another Mali club "Joliba", where he spent another year, playing 19 matches and scoring 12 goals. It was then, in 2002, the attacker spotted a large Egyptian club "Ismaili", where Draman moved. He spent three years there, but on the field appeared extremely rarely. Forward played in just 16 games, but scored with 12 goals. In the summer of 2005, Traore went on a bigger promotion - he moved to Tunisia, where he began to speak for the "Club Afrikan". There he achieved impressive successes - in less than one season he entered the field 35 times, scoring 19 goals. Then Traore Draman drew the attention of Russian scouts - and in the winter of 2006 the Malian moved to Moscow's Lokomotiv for one million euros.

The Russian period

The biography of Drama Traore does not include only Russian clubs, however in Russia he spent quite a lot of time and went there at the peak of his career. For three years the forward played for the Moscow club and only in the winter of 2009 was sent to "Kuban", where he spent a whole season. There he went on the field 27 times and scored eight goals, after which he returned to Lokomotiv to play another season. As a result, in the "Locomotive" Traore spent four seasons, playing for this time in 72 games and scoring 12 goals. In the winter of 2011, Draman returned to Africa - the Tunisian Esperance agreed to pay 750,000 euros for it. But there the striker spent only six months playing in 12 games and scoring 6 goals. In the summer of 2011 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian "Metallurg", in which he spent two more years. Going out on the field 49 times and scoring 14 goals, Traore finally decided to return to his homeland.

Return to Africa

Draman Traore is the striker, who was the most successful at home. Therefore, he decided to complete his career in Africa - there he signed a contract with the club "Dubai" from the UAE. In 18 games for the team Traore scored 8 goals, after which he was left without work. During the year he rested from sports, and many thought that the forward decided to end his career. However, in the winter of 2015, Traore announced the signing of a contract with the Malaysian club "PRMM". There he spent one year, which became the most successful in his career - in 15 matches, the striker scored 20 goals. In the winter of 2016 Traore signed a short-term contract with another Malaysian club "Kelantan". There he was no longer so successful - in 11 matches the player scored three goals. In the summer of 2016, Draman again lost his job and found it only on October 7, when he joined the Indian "Puna City". There he has so far played only four games so far, without scoring a single goal.

National team appearances

Draman Traore made his debut in the national team of Mali in January 2004 in a friendly against the Algerian national team, where he immediately scored a goal. In total, he has 30 matches in which he scored seven goals. The last time in the form of the national team Traore appeared on October 9, 2010. Then he went to the field for seven minutes in a match against the national team of Liberia. This game was the last for Traore in the national team - and, quite possibly, he will soon complete his career as a player completely. After all, his contract with "Puna City" is calculated only until December 2016.