Aliou Traoré, Central Midfield at Vanspor FK

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#8 Aliou Traoré

Vanspor FK 1. Lig · Turkey

Date of birth / Age: 8 Jan 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.88 m · 83 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: France, Mali
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 8 Jan 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.88 m · 83 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: France, Mali
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 34
Starting eleven: 25
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 7
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,998

Starting eleven74%

25 of 34 appearances

Minutes played1,998

59 per appearance

Goal involvement2

0 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

125 matches · since 2020/21

RBRWLWAMCFDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	40	0	0
Defensive Midfield	36	1	4
Centre-Forward	15	2	3
Attacking Midfield	14	0	0
Other · LW, RW, RB	20	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #2765; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #762; among defensive midfielders aged 22–25
In his league: 5%; of 1. Lig defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +0.4; goals above expected · better than 66% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

2.6

50 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

6 Expected

6.1

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	1. Lig	Vanspor FK	34	25	0	2	7	0	0	1,998
2024/25	1. Lig	Ankara Keçiörengücü	32	22	0	2	10	0	0	2,041
2023/24	1. Lig	Göztepe	18	5	2	–	4	–	0	660
2023/24	1. Lig	Ankara Keçiörengücü	10	9	1	–	3	–	0	843
2023/24	Cup	Göztepe	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2022/23	1. Lig	Göztepe	11	8	0	1	4	0	0	681
2022/23	Campionato Primavera 1	Frosinone U19	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2021/22	Serie B	Parma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
2020/21	Ligue 2	Caen	19	6	0	0	2	0	0	666
2020/21	National 2	Caen II	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	170
2020/21	Coupe de France	Caen	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	87
2019/20	Premier League 2 Division Two	Manchester United U23	12	9	4	–	2	–	0	846
2019/20	EFL Vertu Trophy	Manchester United U21	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2018/19	U18 Premier League	Manchester United U18	19	18	4	–	3	–	0	1,569
2018/19	UEFA Youth League	Manchester United U19	6	4	0	–	0	–	0	372
2018/19	Premier League International Cup	Manchester United U23	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	73
2017/18	U18 Premier League	Manchester United U18	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	111
2017/18	Premier League 2	Manchester United U23	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			178	118	11	5^*	35	0^*	0	10,649

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
1. Lig	105	3	5
U18 Premier League	22	4	–
Ligue 2	19	0	0
Premier League 2 Division Two	12	4	–
UEFA Youth League	6	0	–
National 2	3	0	–
Campionato Primavera 1	2	0	–
Coupe de France	2	0	–
EFL Vertu Trophy	2	0	–
Serie B	2	0	0

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Free Agent Vanspor FK – Free Agent
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Ankara Keçiörengücü Vanspor FK Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2024 Feb 2024 · Transfer Göztepe Ankara Keçiörengücü Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer Frosinone Göztepe Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Oct 2022 Oct 2022 · Free Transfer – Frosinone Free Transfer
Sept 2022 Sept 2022 · Free Agent Parma – Free Agent
Sept 2021 Sept 2021 · Free Transfer – Parma Free Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Free Agent Manchester United Under 23 – Free Agent
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Caen Manchester United Under 23 Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2020 Aug 2020 · Loan Manchester United Under 23 Caen Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Free Transfer – Manchester United FC Under 18 Free Transfer

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