Traoré played as a right-back in Burkina Faso with Bobo Dioulasso and Jeanne d'Arc.
He represented the Burkina Faso national team from 1964 to 1970.
He moved to the Ivory Coast with ASEC Mimosas in 1986, Djoliba AC 2000.
He thereafter was appointed the manager of the Burkina Faso national team from 1992 to 1996, and had another stint with them in 2006.
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