Kandia Traoré

Kandia Traoré
Personal information
Full name	Kandia Émile Traoré
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	SM Caen
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Stade d'Abidjan
2001-2002	Espérance Tunis
2002-2003	Al Ain FC
2003-2004	Al-Hilal
2004-2005	Etoile du Sahel
2005-2007	Le Havre
2007	Al-Nasr
2008-2009	Sochaux
2008-2009	→ Strasbourg (loan)
2009-	SM Caen
International career
2001-	Cote d'Ivoire
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:34, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Kandia Émile Traoré (born July 5, 1980 in Abidjan) is a football striker who plays for SM Caen.

Club career

He started his career at Tunisian club Esperance de tunis, before moving to Le Havre in 2005, in January 2008, he signed a three and a half deal with Sochaux. On 17 July 2009 SM Caen have signed the Ivorian forward from FC Sochaux on loan for a season.

International career

Following an impressive start to the 2006/2007 Ligue 2 season he was called up to the national squad for the friendly against Sweden on 15 November 2006, making his debut as a substitute. In March 2007 he was one of four players to receive a late call-up for the Ivorian's African Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar in Antananarivo, due to injuries to other members of the squad. He was also the member of the team at 2002 African Cup of Nations.

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
.	January 29, 2002	Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko, Kayes, Mali	DR Congo	3 – 1	3 – 1	2002 African Cup of Nations
.	May 22, 2008	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Paraguay	1 – 0	1 – 1	2008 Kirin Cup

External links

Kandia Traoré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
national-football-teams.com

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