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882

Legacy
Number

0

Youth
Promotion #

0

Youth
Debut #

12

Villa Appearances

1

Villa
Goals

1

Villa
Assists

6.00

Game
Per

Adama Traoré

Player #882
Aston Villa player image
Winger
W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | #882 |
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Adama Traoré Diarra

25 January 1996

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 🇪🇸

Spain 🇪🇸

(5 ft 10 in) 1.78 m

Right

Transfer Notes

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August 2015: Aged 19, Signed under Tim Sherwood for a fee of €10.00m from FC Barcelona 🇪🇸.

August 2016: Aged 20, Sold under Roberto Di Matteo 🇮🇹 for a fee of €8.25m to Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Transfer In

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Transfer In:

2015-16

FC Barcelona 🇪🇸

€10.00m

14 August 2015

19

Tim Sherwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out

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Transfer Out:

2016-17

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

€8.25m

31 August 2016

20

Roberto Di Matteo 🇮🇹

Previous Clubs

Adama Traoré

Previous Clubs:

2014-15 FC Barcelona 🇪🇸
La Liga, 🕒 4 | 1 (3) | ⚽ 1 |

Subsequent Clubs

Adama Traoré

Subsequent Clubs:

2016-18 Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 €8.25m
Premier League, Championship, 🕒 69 | ✅ 49 | 🔁 (20) | ⚽ 5 |

2018-23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 €20.00m
Premier League, 🕒 194 | ✅ 110 | 🔁 (84) | ⚽ 14 |

2022 FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 (L)
La Liga, 🕒 17 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 (8) | ⚽ 0 |

2023- Fulham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Free
Premier League, 🕒 56 | ✅ 20 | 🔁 (36) | ⚽ 4 |

Progression

Adama Traoré

n/a

Appearance Record

Adama Traoré

Winger

2015-16 u21 PL 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |

W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 |
Aston Villa 2015-16 | €10.00m |
🕒 12 | 1 (11) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 4 | #882 |
🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 9 |
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 |

Played Under

Adama Traoré

Tim Sherwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2015 🕒 5 | 1 (4) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 4 |
Rémi Garde 🇫🇷 2015-16 🕒 5 | 0 (5) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 |
Eric Black 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2016 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
Roberto Di Matteo 🇮🇹 2016 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |

Honours

Adama Traoré

🥈 2015-16 Premier League 2 Play Off Finalist

Debut Appearance

Adama Traoré

Debut Squad:

2015-16

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🟥 22 Aug 2015, Villa 1-2 Palace, Selhurst Park

Tim Sherwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut:

2015-16

🟥 22 Aug 2015, Villa 1-2 Palace, Selhurst Park

Tim Sherwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

19

Loans Out

Adama Traoré

Loans Out:

None

Final Appearance

Adama Traoré

Final Appearance:

2016-17

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🟩 13 Aug 2016, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

Roberto Di Matteo 🇮🇹

20

Final Squad:

2016-17

🟩 13 Aug 2016, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park

Roberto Di Matteo 🇮🇹

Villa Career

Adama Traoré

Career Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
12
1
11
4

Career Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
1
12.00
6.00

Career Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
17%
25%
75%
0.58

Career Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
1
0

Career Goals

Adama Traoré

1

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🟩 25 Aug 2015, Villa 5-3 Notts County, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Adama Traoré | 24’ | Scott Sinclair | 50’ | 78’ | 99’ (pen) | Joe Bennett | 111’ |

League Cup

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Career Assists

Adama Traoré

1

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🟥 2 Jan 2016, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Stadium of Light

Assist(s) | Adama Traoré | 63’ |

Premier League

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Competition Record

Adama Traoré

League

Premier League.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
11
0
🔁 Substitute:
11
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
1
0.00
11.00

FA Cup

Premier League.jpg
Games:
Starter:
0
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Cup

EFL Cup.jpg
Games:
Starter:
1
1
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
1
0
1.00
1.00

Europe

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Games:
Starter:
0
0
Substitute:
0
Goals:
Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

Season Record

Adama Traoré

2015-16

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Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
11
1
10
4

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
1
11.00
5.50

Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
9%
18%
82%
0.36

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
1
0
11.00

2016-17

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Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
1
0
1
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
100%
100%
0%
3.00

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
0
0
0.00

League Record

Premier League

Premier League.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
10
0
10
0
1
0.00
10.00

Championship

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
1
0
1
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Adama Traoré

First Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub:
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Second Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Third Division

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

League Seasons

Adama Traoré

2015-16

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Premier League

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
10
0
10
4

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
1
0.00
10.00

2016-17

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Championship

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
1
0
1
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Appearances

2015-16
🟥 22 Aug 2015, Villa 1-2 Palace, Selhurst
Premier League
14th (-4)
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2015-16
🟥 26 Sep 2015 Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Anfield
Premier League
18th (-1)
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2015-16
🟥 17 Oct 2015, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Premier League
19th (-1)
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2015-16
🟥 24 Oct 2015, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-1)
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2015-16
🟥 28 Nov 2015, Villa 2-3 Watford, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟥 13 Dec 2015, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟨 26 Dec 2015, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟥 28 Dec 2015, Villa 0-2 Norwich, Carrow Road
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟥 2 Jan 2016, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Stadium of Light
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟥 9 Apr 2016, Villa 1-2 Bournemouth, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-)
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2016-17
🟩 13 Aug 2016, Villa 3-0 Rotherham, Villa Park
Championship
11th (+8)
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FA Cup Seasons

Adama Traoré

2015-16

FA Cup.jpg
FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

2016-17

FA Cup.jpg
FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
FA Cup.jpg

FA Cup Appearances

League Cup Seasons

Adama Traoré

2015-16

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
1
1
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
1
0
1.00
1.00

2016-17

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
EFL.jpg

League Cup Appearances

2015-16
🟩 25 Aug 2015, Villa 5-3 Notts County, Villa Park
League Cup
2nd Round
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European Seasons

Adama Traoré

2015-16

EFL Cup.jpg
n/a

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

2016-17

EFL Cup.jpg
n/a

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00
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European Appearances

Unused Substitute Appearances

Adama Traoré

2015-16
🟨 5 Dec 2015, Villa 1-1 Southampton, St Mary's
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟨 19 Dec 2015, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟨 7 May 2016, Villa 0-0 Newcastle, Villa Park
Premier League
20th (-)
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2015-16
🟥 15 May 2016, Villa 0-4 Arsenal, Emirates
Premier League
20th (-)
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Sendings Off

Adama Traoré

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International Career

Adama Traoré

Full International Record

Villa International Record

Career Notes

Adama Traoré

August 2015: Aged 19, becomes the fifth Spanish 🇪🇸 player to sign for the Villa after José Ángel Crespo 🇪🇸 (2015), Carles Gil 🇪🇸 (2015), Antonio Luna 🇪🇸 (2013) and Carlos Cuéllar 🇪🇸 (2008).
August 2015: Aged 19, becomes the first player to be signed by the Villa from FC Barcelona 🇪🇸.
August 2015: Aged 19, becomes the 882nd player to play for Villa in first-team League or Cup football since the club’s first entry into the FA Cup in 1879.

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Biography

Adama Traoré

Player #882 for Aston Villa, Adama Traoré Diarra, known as Adama Traoré, played as a winger for the club in Villa’s Premier League relegation season of 2015-16 and during the Football League Championship campaign of 2016-17, making twelve appearances and scoring once.

Traoré was born in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, on 25 January 1996 and was signed from FC Barcelona for a breathtaking fee of €10.00m for an unproven teenager. Traoré was one of a series of controversial signings undertaken ostensibly under the leadership of Tim Sherwood but in truth driven by the sheer idiocy of Sporting Director Hendrik Almstadt and Director of Scouting and Recruitment Paddy Riley. Two names that would be painted into Villa folklore for their footballing illiteracy and ultimate responsibility for Villa’s first relegation in three decades.

Indeed, Traoré’s arrival was one of several sub-standard Villa signings that maligned the club throughout the 2015-16 campaign and drove Villa to their first relegation in nearly 30 years. Players such as Traoré, as well as Micah Richards, Jordan Veretout, Jordan Ayew, Rudy Gestede, Joleon Lescott and José Ángel Crespo were brought to the club despite being nowhere near the standards required from top-flight players, and Villa inevitably paid the price.

Traoré made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 22 August 2015, aged 19, as a 69’ substitute for Carlos Sánchez in the 1-2 defeat at Crystal Palace. Traoré made his first start for Villa in the following game - the 5-3 League Cup 2nd Round win over Notts County on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, in which he scored his only goal for the club on 24’. Where it mattered, however, in the league, Traoré made just nine appearances in 2015-16, all as a substitute, and the sequence that followed was Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Drew, Lost, Lost, Lost.

It was indeed almost immediately apparent that Traoré simply was not good enough. A very poor man’s Tony Daley, pace and strength, but absolutely no end product. That, however, is seriously unfair to Daley, who developed into one of Villa’s finest wing players. Needless to say, Traoré did not.

With an attitude as questionable as his footballing ability, Traoré was surprisingly still with Villa following relegation, but his was a profile and reminder that nobody wanted at the club.

Roberto Di Matteo even handed Traoré an appearance, as unpopular as that was, with the player coming as a 74’ substitute for Jordan Ayew in the 3-0 win over Rotherham United on Saturday, 13 August 2016. Credit where it’s due, however, that was the only game in which Traoré was involved that ended in a victory.

Although relegation was not solely on the shoulders of a youngster such as Traoré, he became a poster boy for the over-inflated egos of under-talented players that had infected the club.

On his departure, the only tears that we shed were those of laughter that Villa had found a club, Middlesbrough in this case, to part with €8.25m for a player of such scant capability.

Traoré had proved trouble on and off the pitch and was an abject failure at Villa. It was clear for anyone who witnessed the player in claret and blue that, at best, he was destined for a career that flattered to deceive.

It was therefore with barely concealed hilarity that Middlesbrough endured his headless chicken style with no end product, only for Premier League new boys Wolverhampton Wanderers to pay a scarcely believable €20m for Traoré’s services in 2018.

Traoré had played under Tim Sherwood, Rémi Garde, Eric Black and Roberto Di Matteo.

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🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

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🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

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🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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