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'''Lacina Traoré''' (born 20 August 1990) is an [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] on loan from [[AS Monaco F.C.|AS Monaco]]. He is nicknamed the “Gentle Giant”, due to his 6&nbsp;ft 8in frame,<ref>http://talksport.com/magazine/features/121113/free-scoring-striker-solve-liverpools-attacking-crisis-185209</ref> Traoré is among the tallest professional footballers.
'''Darrell pattison''' (born 20 August 1990) is an [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] on loan from [[AS Monaco F.C.|AS Monaco]]. He is nicknamed the “Gentle Giant”, due to his 6&nbsp;ft 8in frame,<ref>http://talksport.com/magazine/features/121113/free-scoring-striker-solve-liverpools-attacking-crisis-185209</ref> Traoré is among the tallest professional footballers.


==Club career==
==Club career==

Revision as of 15:27, 17 February 2014

Darrell Pattison
Traoré training with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2012
Personal information
Full name Lacina Traoré[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Everton
(on loan from Monaco)
Number 28
Youth career
2006–2007 ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Stade d'Abidjan 27 (19)
2008–2011 CFR Cluj 44 (14)
2011–2012 Kuban Krasnodar 38 (18)
2012–2014 Anzhi Makhachkala 29 (13)
2014– Monaco 0 (0)
2014–Everton (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2011 Côte d'Ivoire U23 5 (3)
2012– Côte d'Ivoire 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:03, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:28, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Darrell pattison (born 20 August 1990) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for Everton on loan from AS Monaco. He is nicknamed the “Gentle Giant”, due to his 6 ft 8in frame,[2] Traoré is among the tallest professional footballers.

Club career

Early career

Traoré playing for Kuban Krasnodar.

Traoré began his career with Jean-Marc Guillou's football school ASEC Mimosas, before joining Stade d'Abidjan in 2006.[3] He played in Abidjan until January 2008, when he joined the Romanian club CFR Cluj.[4]

CFR Cluj

Traoré made his European debut with CFR, scoring a second goal in the first match of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, against Copenhagen. He then scored another goal in the 3–2 loss home against Sparta Prague.[5]

The following season for Traoré as he continued to be in the first team regular. Lacina Traoré scored his first league goal of the season and set up Cristian Bud in a Astra Giurgiu on 13 August 2010. Traoré received his first red card of his career after a brutal foul in the second half as Cluj lose 3–0 against CSMS Iași on 20 August 2010. On 15 November 2010, he scored his first brace of his career in a 3–0 win over Gloria Bistrița. In the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage, Traoré scored one goal in the 2–1 win against Basel and one goal in the 1–1 draw against Roma (after hitting the post twice in Italy against the same team in the first match), both matches in group phase and home.[5]

Kuban Krasnodar

Traoré playing for Anzhi in 2012.

In February 2011, Traoré transferred to Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League for a reported fee of €6 million.[6] In the opening game of the season on 13 March 2011, Traoré made his debut, coming on as a substitute, in a 2–0 loss against Rubin Kazan. On 2 April 2011, Traoré scored his first league goal of the season and set up a goal for Vladislav Kulik in a 3–1 win over Spartak Moscow. On 10 June 2011, he scored his first brace in Russian Football and set up a goal for Gheorghe Bucur in a 3–2 win over Amkar Perm. By May, Traoré was voted player of the month by the club over his recent good performance.[7]

Anzhi Makhachkala

Traoré training for the national team before his debut.

On 29 June 2012, Anzhi reported that they had signed Lacina Traoré for an undisclosed fee.[8] Media reports estimated the transfer fee to be around €18 million.[9]

Traoré scored his first goal for the club against former club Kuban Krasnodar on 22 July, scoring the winner for Anzhi in the 43rd minute.[10] In Anzhi's first European campaign in nine years, the club played its first match in the qualification round against AZ and scored in a 1–0. He would score another in the second leg and the club would eventually advanced to the Group Stage after a 5–0 win. He scored another goal, in Anzhi's 1–0 defeat of Liverpool on 8 November in a Europa League group stage game.[11]

Monaco

On 4 January 2014, Traoré signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Monaco.[12][13]

Everton

He joined Everton on loan on 24 January 2014 until the end of the 2013–14 Premier League season.[14] He scored his first Everton goal on his debut on 16 February, the opener in a 3-1 FA Cup win over Swansea City.[15]

International career

2011 CAF U-23 Championship

Traoré was involved in Ivory Coast's successful 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification campaign. Traoré scored against Liberia U23 in a 4-0 win. He was also named in the Ivory Coast squad for the final stage of the tournament, which acted as CAF's qualification for the Summer Olympics football tournament. Ivory Coast did not fair too well in the competition finishing third in the Group stage behind Egypt and Gabon. Traoré scored a consolation goal against Gabon in a 3-1 loss.[16]

2013 CAF Africa Cup of Nations

Traoré was selected in the final squad for the Ivorians, playing in two games. He played for 68 minutes versus Tunisia before he was replaced by Didier Drogba and he had a 7 minute cameo versus Nigeria in the quarter final stage which ended the Ivorians' campaign following a 2-1 loss.[17] [18]

Career statistics

As of 16 February 2014[19]
Club performance League Cup Other[20] Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2008–09 Cluj Liga I 6 1 - - 6 1
2009–10 25 6 3 2 - 8 2 36 10
2010–11 13 7 1 0 1 0 6 2 21 9
2011–12 Kuban Krasnodar RFPL 38 18 1 0 - - 39 18
2012–13 Anzhi Makhachkala 24 12 3 0 - 12 6 39 18
2013–14 5 1 0 0 - 2 0 7 1
2013–14 AS Monaco Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Everton (loan) Premier League 0 0 1 1 - - 1 1
Career total 111 45 10 4 1 0 28 10 149 58

Honours

CFR Cluj

References

  1. ^ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ^ http://talksport.com/magazine/features/121113/free-scoring-striker-solve-liverpools-attacking-crisis-185209
  3. ^ International Football Management. Ifm-ci.com. Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
  4. ^ Romanian Soccer Profile. Romaniansoccer.ro (20 May 1990). Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b matches of Lacina Traoré on. Soccerway.com. Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
  6. ^ CFR Cluj and Kuban Krasnodar agreed for the transfer of Lacina Traoré (Romanian). Cfr1907.ro (11 August 2011). Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
  7. ^ "ЛУЧШИМ В МАЕ СТАЛ ЛАСИНА ТРАОРЕ" (in Russian). Official site of FC Kuban. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  8. ^ ""Анжи" и "Кубань" договорились о переходе Траоре" (in Russian). fc-anji.ru. 29 June 2012.
  9. ^ "2-meter striker Anzhi'ye". Haber Monitor. 30 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Anzhi Makhac 2 – 1 Kuban Krasnodar". EPSNFC. 22 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Anzhi blanks Liverpool to top Group A". ESPNFC. 8 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Lacina Traoré nouvelle recrue de l'AS Monaco FC" (in French). http://www.asm-fc.com/. Retrieved 4 January 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Lacina Traore to Monaco FC". http://fc-anji.ru/news/en/. Retrieved 4 January 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Clark, Adam. "Everton Seal Traore Loan". evertonfc.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  15. ^ Harris, Daniel (16 February 2014). "Everton v Swansea City – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  16. ^ "L'Egypte et le Gabon passent". footafrica365.fr. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  17. ^ "CÔTE D'IVOIRE VS. TUNISIA 3 - 0". soccerway. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  18. ^ "CÔTE D'IVOIRE VS. NIGERIA 2 - 1". soccerway. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  19. ^ "L. Traoré". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  20. ^ includes League Cup & Supercup matches
  21. ^ "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  22. ^ "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

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