Demba Souleymane Traoré (born 22 April 1982) is a

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/ midfielder who plays for

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Career

Traoré was born in

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with a father from Mali and a mother from

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. Troaré made his first team debut at the age of 18 with Cambridge United against Bristol City in the

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. The next season Traoré made his first start for the club, in the league opener at the Abbey Stadium against Brighton & Hove Albion. Traoré was chosen as Man of the Match. In 2004 Traoré returned to the Swedish club

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. While playing for Vasalund/Essing IF in Division 2 Östra Svealand, Traoré finished as the league's top scorer with 13 goals and was chosen as the league's best attacker in the 2004–2005 season. Traoré later played for the Greek clubs

Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

and Apollon Kalamarias in the

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. Due to the club's economic problems, Traoré left on a free transfer with six months left on the contract and was signed by Fortuna Sittard on 7 August 2009. He made his debut the same day when his new club lost 4–0 against Helmond Sport. Traoré scored his first hat-trick in his third game for Fortuna Sittard, when HFC Haarlem was beaten 5–1 on 21 August. In the end of March 2011, Traoré signed a one-year contract with Nybergsund IL-Trysil in Norway. Traoré scored his first goal for the club in an away game against Mjøndalen IF on 10 April 2011. 2012 Traoré extended his contract with the club for one more year. He ended the season scoring 10 goals playing first half of the season as a center-forward and the second half at the right-wing. 2013 Traoré signed a new contract for another year. He moved from playing as centre-forward to a center-back position for the first time in his career. He was also given the Captain's armband. Ahead of the 2014 season he joined Asker Fotball. He left the club again at the end of 2018. On 18 February 2019, Traoré joined Lyn Fotball.LIVE: Det norske overgangsvinduet 2019
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Traore, Demba 1982 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Malian descent Swedish people of Finnish descent AIK Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players Cambridge United F.C. players Enfield F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Fortuna Sittard players Eerste Divisie players Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Asker Fotball players Lyn Fotball players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football forwards English Football League players