Abdou Traoré is a Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player, who currently plays for USFAS Bamako

USFAS Bamako

USFAS Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football and are owend by the Malian Army. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de USFAS.-Performance in CAF competitions:...

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International career

He was part of the Malian U-20 team at 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...

, finishing top of group D, but losing to Spain the Champion in the semi-final, but won Uruguay in third place match.

He was part of the Malian football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

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