Bertrand Isidore Traoré ( bear 6 September 1995 ) is a Burkinabé professional football player who plays as a fore for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Burkina Faso national team. After beginning his career at Auxerre, he finished his development at Chelsea, and made his debut in a one-and-a-half-year lend at Vitesse in the Eredivisie. After a season in the Premier League with Chelsea, he was loaned binding to the Netherlands to play for Ajax in 2016, and a year later signed for Lyon for €10 million.
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A full external from the senesce of 15, Traoré represented Burkina Faso at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments .
Club career [edit ]
Chelsea [edit ]
In August 2010, it was reported that Traoré had joined the Chelsea Academy from French cabaret Auxerre, rejecting Manchester United in the process. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In January 2011, however, Traoré had not so far signed for the club, [ 6 ] and in January 2012 the club confirmed that Traoré was not and had never been a Chelsea musician, but had appeared once for the golf club ‘s youth team in a friendly as part of a six-week trial earlier in the season. [ 7 ] On 17 July 2013, however, he made his debut, as a trialist, in a pre-season friendly against the Singha All Stars. [ 8 ] On 31 October 2013, Traoré formally signed a four-and-half-year abridge with Chelsea. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He signed a compress for Chelsea ‘s elder team in December 2013, and completed the transfer on 1 January 2014. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
lend to Vitesse [edit ]
On 2 January 2014, Traoré signed on lend for Eredivisie side Vitesse. [ 13 ] On 26 January, he made his debut, coming on in the 67th minute for boyfriend Chelsea loanee Lucas Piazon. On 29 March 2014, Traoré scored his first finish, against Heerenveen. He replaced Mike Havenaar after half-time ; in the 67th minute, he scored Vitesse ‘s second finish of the game which was assisted by companion Chelsea loanee, christian Atsu. [ 14 ] On 6 April, Traoré scored his second goal of the season in a home equal against Ajax which ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 15 ] On 12 April, Traoré put Vitesse in the lead for the first gear prison term in the match against Cambuur, although Vitesse lost the game 4–3 in the end. [ 16 ] On 7 July 2014, it was confirmed that Traoré would stay at Vitesse on loan for the 2014–15 season. [ 17 ] Traoré scored his first goal of the season in a 4–1 victory over Willem II on 18 October. [ 18 ] While he chiefly played on the properly fly during his first loanword to Vitesse, around December, Traoré made the switch from the right to being the lone striker up acme leading up to him scoring on 14 December in a 1–1 draw against Groningen. [ 19 ] In the follow games, Traoré scored his inaugural brace in a 4–0 succeed over Ajax in the KNVB Cup, [ 20 ] then three days belated scored his first league brace in a 3–0 win over Heracles. [ 21 ]
2015–16 season : forwarding to first team [edit ]
Traoré playing for Chelsea in 2015 On 22 June 2015, Traoré received a work permit and therefore headroom to play for Chelsea for the 2015–16 temper onwards. [ 22 ] He was given the number 14 shirt, previously worn by André Schürrle. On 16 September, Traoré made his Chelsea debut in a 4–0 victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the UEFA Champions League group stage, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Ruben Loftus-Cheek. [ 23 ] His Premier League debut came on 5 December, playing the final seven minutes of a 0–1 home loss to AFC Bournemouth. [ 24 ] Traoré scored four goals in five matches in early 2016. On 31 January 2016, Traoré scored his first Chelsea goal in a 5–1 victory at Milton Keynes Dons in the FA Cup, confirming the solution five minutes after coming on in place of Diego Costa. [ 25 ] Two weeks late, after again replacing Costa, he scored his first Premier League finish in a game of the same resultant role against Newcastle United. [ 26 ] On 5 March, with Costa rested ahead of a Champions League game, Traoré was given a startle in a home Premier League match against Stoke City and scored from 20 yards to open a 1–1 draw, but his performance was described as “ mix ” due to “ failing to control the musket ball in the box on a match of occasions and being caught offside needlessly ”. [ 27 ]
lend to Ajax [edit ]
On 12 August 2016, Traoré signed a new three-year abridge with Chelsea and joined Ajax on lend for the 2016–17 crusade, which reunited him with former Vitesse coach, Peter Bosz. [ 28 ] On the trace day, Traoré made his league debut off the bench, replacing Kasper Dolberg in a 2–2 home draw against Roda JC. [ 29 ] On 16 August, Traoré made his inaugural start in a Champions League play-off round against Rostov, a 1–1 draw. [ 30 ] On 15 September, Traoré scored his foremost Ajax goal in a Europa League group stagecoach necktie against Panathinaikos, scoring Ajax ‘s equalizer in a 2–1 win. [ 31 ] Just over a week late, he scored his inaugural league goal in a 5–1 acquire over PEC Zwolle. [ 32 ] On 3 November 2016, Bosz criticised Traoré in an interview stating that there ‘s “ nothing wrong with his position, but his form is not good ”. [ 33 ] Traoré scored four goals in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, including two goals in the inaugural peg of the semi-final against his future baseball club Olympique Lyonnais. He played every minute of the final, with Ajax losing to Manchester United 2–0 .
lyon [edit ]
Traoré playing for Lyon in 2019
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On 26 June 2017, Traoré signed for Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on a five-year contract for an initial transfer fee of €10 million ( £8.8 million ), plus potential add-ons. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Chelsea reportedly inserted a buy-back clause into Traoré ‘s narrow and would receive 15 per cent of any profit made by Lyon on the fee should they sell Traoré in the future. Chelsea would besides have first refusal should Traoré move again. [ 37 ] In his first season in France, Traoré formed an attacking trio with Mariano Díaz and Memphis Depay, all of whom reached double figures in league goals. [ 38 ] He was sidelined with knee ligament injury from November 2017 until January, when he returned and scored a free kick back for the reserve team in a 3–2 home loss to SC Schiltigheim in the one-fourth tier. [ 39 ] In the 2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final on 31 July, the last peer in the contest, Traoré was the lone player to miss in the penalty gunfight as Paris Saint-Germain won 6–5 after a scoreless draw ; his attack was saved by Keylor Navas. [ 40 ]
Aston Villa [edit ]
On 19 September 2020, Traoré signed for Premier League slope Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, [ 41 ] believed to be £17 million. [ 42 ] He scored on his debut five days by and by, in a 3–0 away victory in the EFL Cup against Bristol City. [ 43 ] On 20 December, he scored his beginning Premier League goal in four years in a 3-0 away victory over local rivals West Bromwich Albion. [ 44 ]
International career [edit ]
Traoré participated at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup [ 45 ] and 2011 african U-17 Championship, [ 46 ] and helped Burkina Faso beat Rwanda 2–1 in the continental final. [ 47 ] At the age of 15, Traoré made his debut for the Burkina Faso senior national team on 3 September 2011 in a friendly match against Equatorial Guinea. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] He made his beginning appearance at an Africa Cup of Nations finals in the 2012 version, becoming one of the youngest players to do indeed. He came on as a 66th-minute stand-in for Narcisse Yaméogo in the 2–1 personnel casualty to Sudan in their final group stage equal with Burkina Faso already eliminated from the tournament after losing their first two group stage matches. [ 50 ] Traoré scored his first goal for the senior national team on 14 August 2013, opening the marking in a 2–1 friendly away win over Morocco. [ 51 ] At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he played all three of the team ‘s games in another group stage exit, starting the foremost two. Burkina Faso came third at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Traoré scored in a 2–0 acquire over Guinea-Bissau in Marrakesh, sending his nation to the quarter-finals. [ 52 ]
personal life [edit ]
Traoré ‘s father, Feu Traoré Isaï, was besides a football player. He played for RC Bobo and besides represented Burkina Faso at international floor. [ 2 ] Bertrand is the youngest of four children. The second-eldest, Alain, is besides a football player. [ 2 ] [ 49 ] He is the cousin of Shakhtar striker Lassina Traoré. [ 53 ] After moving to Chelsea ‘s academy, Traoré was educated at Whitgift School. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Traoré is Catholic. [ 56 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of match played 3 October 2021[57]
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Chelsea
2015–16
Premier League
10
2
3
2
1
0
2[a]
0
0
0
16
4
Vitesse (loan)
2013–14
Eredivisie
13
3
0
0
—
—
2[b]
0
15
3
2014–15
29
13
3
3
—
—
4[b]
1
36
17
Total
42
16
3
3
—
—
6
1
51
20
Ajax (loan)
2016–17
Eredivisie
24
9
0
0
—
15[c]
4
—
38
13
Lyon
2017–18
Ligue 1
31
13
3
1
0
0
9[d]
4
—
43
18
2018–19
33
7
4
1
2
2
8[a]
1
—
47
11
2019–20
23
1
3
0
4
2
5[a]
1
—
35
4
Total
87
21
10
2
6
4
22
6
0
0
125
33
Aston Villa
2020–21
Premier League
36
7
0
0
2
1
—
—
38
8
2021–22
4
0
0
0
1
0
—
—
5
0
Total
40
7
0
0
3
1
0
0
—
43
8
Career total
203
55
16
7
10
5
39
10
6
1
274
78
International [edit ]
- As of 5 June 2021[58]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Burkina Faso
2011
2
0
2012
3
0
2013
5
1
2014
6
0
2015
10
2
2016
4
0
2017
13
4
2018
6
1
2019
4
1
2020
3
2
2021
3
1
Total
59
12
International goals [edit ]
- Scores and results list Burkina Faso’s goal tally first.[59]
Honours [edit ]
Ajax
Burkina Faso U17
Burkina Faso
Individual
References [edit ]
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