Bertrand Traoré
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Traoré with Burkina Faso at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bertrand Isidore Traoré | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Chelsea | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Vitesse (loan) | 42 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Ajax (loan) | 24 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Lyon | 87 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Aston Villa | 55 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Villarreal | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Ajax | 33 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Sunderland | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Burkina Faso U17 | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Burkina Faso | 91 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Bertrand Isidore Traoré (born 6 September 1995) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward or a right winger for Premier League club Sunderland and captains the Burkina Faso national team.
After beginning his career at Auxerre, Traoré finished his development at Chelsea, and made his debut in a one-and-a-half-year loan at Vitesse in the Eredivisie. After a season in the Premier League with Chelsea, he was loaned back to the Netherlands to play for Ajax in 2016, and a year later signed for Lyon for €10 million. He then played for İstanbul Başakşehir on loan until 2023.
A full international from the age of 15, Traoré represented Burkina Faso at six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.