Hamari Traoré

Hamari Traoré
	Traoré with Rennes in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	27 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Real Sociedad
Number	18
Youth career
2011–2012	USFAS Bamako
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Paris FC II
2012–2013	Paris FC
2013–2015	Lierse
2015–2017	Reims
2017–2023	Rennes
2023–	Real Sociedad
International career‡
2015–	Mali
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hamari Traoré (born 27 January 1992) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Real Sociedad,^[3] and captains the Mali national team.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Traore joined Lierse in 2013 from Paris FC. He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 30 October 2013 against Sporting Lokeren. He played the full game, which ended in a 1–0 away defeat.^[4]

Traore was called up to the Mali national team and made his debut in a 4–1 friendly win against Burkina Faso.^[5]

As of match played 14 April 2024^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris FC II	2012–13	CFA 2	10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Paris FC	2012–13	Championnat National	16	0	0	0	—		—		—		16	0
Lierse	2013–14	Belgian Pro League	15	0	1	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2014–15	Belgian Pro League	33	1	1	0	—		—		4^[a]	0	38	0
	Total		48	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	54	1
Reims	2015–16	Ligue 1	33	2	1	0	0	0	—		—		34	2
	2016–17	Ligue 2	31	2	1	0	1	0	—		—		33	2
	Total		64	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	67	4
Rennes	2017–18	Ligue 1	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	—		33	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	34	0	5	0	2	0	8^[b]	0	—		49	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	27	0	5	1	1	0	4^[b]	0	0	0	37	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	35	1	1	0	—		6^[c]	0	—		42	1
	2021–22	Ligue 1	33	3	1	0	—		8^[d]	0	—		42	3
	2022–23	Ligue 1	31	1	2	0	—		3^[b]	0	—		36	1
	Total		188	5	14	1	6	0	29	0	0	0	239	6
Real Sociedad	2023–24	La Liga	26	0	2	0	—		7^[c]	0	—		35	0
Career total			354	10	20	1	7	0	36	0	4	0	421	11

As of match played 26 March 2024^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2015	1	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	3	1
	2021	8	0
	2022	9	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	6	1
Total		58	3

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Traoré goal.^[6]

List of international goals scored by Hamari Traoré
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 2020	Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey	Ghana	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	17 October 2023	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal	Saudi Arabia	2–0	3–1	Friendly
3	16 January 2024	Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo, Ivory Coast	South Africa	1–0	2–0	2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Rennes

^ ^a ^b ^c "H. Traore". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^ "Hamari Traoré". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Hamari Traoré, first signing". Real Sociedad. 1 July 2023.
^ "Lokeren vs. Lierse - 30 October 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^ Loum, Mansour. "Première pour Hamari Traoré avec le Mali - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hamari Traoré at National-Football-Teams.com