Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 2 2 21-10-84 Abidjan Gambia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 1 3 4-11-84 Banjul Gambia 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
3 3 9-12-84 Abidjan Guinea 2-2
4 2 5 28-12-84 Abidjan Tunisia 3-1
5 5 30-12-84 Abidjan Ghana 2-0
6 5 1- 1-85 Abidjan Algeria 1-1
7 5 31- 1-85 Abidjan Egypt 0-1
8 2 7 20- 2-85 Abidjan Congo-Brazzav. 2-1
9 7 5- 3-85 Abidjan Zaire 2-1
10 3 10 31- 3-85 Abidjan Mali 6-0 African Cup Qual.
11 10 7- 4-85 Abidjan Ghana 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 1 11 14- 4-85 Bamako Mali 1-1 African Cup Qual.
13 11 21- 4-85 Kumasi Ghana 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
14 1 12 18- 8-85 Abidjan Ghana 2-0 African Cup Qual.
15 12 1- 9-85 Kumasi Ghana 0-0 African Cup Qual.
16 12 19-11-85 Kinshasa Egypt 1-0 Zaire Cup
17 12 22-11-85 Kinshasa Zambia 0-1 Zaire Cup
18 12 24-11-85 Kinshasa Zaire 2-1 Zaire Cup
19 1 13 27-12-85 Dakar Guinea 1-0 CEDEAO Cup
20 13 29-12-85 Dakar Senegal 0-2 CEDEAO Cup
21 2 15 7- 3-86 Cairo Mozambique 3-0 African Nations Cup
22 15 10- 3-86 Cairo Egypt 0-2 African Nations Cup
23 1 16 13- 3-86 Cairo Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup
24 16 17- 3-86 Alexandria Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup
25 16 20- 3-86 Cairo Morocco 3-2 African Nations Cup
26 16 3- 1-87 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 African Games Q.
27 1 17 18- 1-87 Abidjan Nigeria 1-0 African Games Q.
28 17 18- 3-87 Abidjan Zaire 2-1
29 17 22- 3-87 Abidjan Zaire 1-3
30 1 18 29- 3-87 Abidjan Congo-Brazzav. 2-0 African Cup Qual.
31 1 19 5- 4-87 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 2-1 African Cup Qual.
32 19 8- 4-87 Libreville Gabon 0-1
33 2 21 19- 4-87 Accra Ghana 2-1 African Games Q.
34 21 26- 4-87 Abidjan Ghana 1-0 African Games Q.
35 21 28- 6-87 Lusaka Zambia 0-2
36 2 23 3- 7-87 Lilongwe Malawi 2-1 African Cup Qual.
37 1 24 19- 7-87 Abidjan Malawi 2-0 African Cup Qual.
38 24 1-11-87 Abidjan Morocco 0-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
39 24 15-11-87 Casablanca Morocco 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
40 1 25 13- 3-88 Casablanca Algeria 1-1 African Nations Cup
41 1 26 16- 3-88 Casablanca Zaire 1-1 African Nations Cup
42 26 19- 3-88 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 African Nations Cup
43 2 28 23- 4-89 Abidjan Angola 4-1 African Cup Qual.
44 28 11- 6-89 Abidjan Algeria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
45 1 29 16- 7-89 Bamako Mali 2-2 African Cup Qual.
46 2 31 30- 7-89 Abidjan Mali 3-1 African Cup Qual.
47 31 25- 8-89 Alger Algeria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 2 33 3- 3-90 Alger Egypt 3-1 African Nations Cup
49 33 5- 3-90 Alger Algeria 0-3 African Nations Cup
50 1 34 30- 9-90 Niamey Niger 1-0 African Cup Qual.
51 34 13- 1-91 Rabat Morocco 1-3 African Cup Qual.
52 1 35 30- 4-91 Abidjan Niger 1-0 African Cup Qual.
53 1 36 29- 7-91 Abidjan Morocco 2-0 African Cup Qual.
54 1 37 2-11-91 Abidjan Senegal 1-0 CEDEAO Cup
55 1 38 15-12-91 Abidjan Kenya 4-0
56 38 5- 1-92 Kinshasa Zaire 0-2
57 1 39 13- 1-92 Ziguinchor Algeria 3-0 African Nations Cup
58 39 15- 1-92 Ziguinchor Congo-Brazzav. 0-0 African Nations Cup
59 39 20- 1-92 Dakar Zambia 1-0 African Nations Cup
60 39 23- 1-92 Dakar Cameroon 0-0 [1] African Nations Cup
61 39 26- 1-92 Dakar Ghana 0-0 [2] African Nations Cup
62 39 26- 7-92 Abidjan Egypt 2-0
63 3 42 10-10-92 Abidjan Botswana 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
64 42 25-10-92 Niamey Niger 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 42 16-10-92 Riyadh Argentina 0-4 Confederations Cup
66 1 43 19-10-92 Riyadh United States 2-5 Confederations Cup
67 1 44 31- 1-93 Abidjan Niger 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
68 1 45 2- 5-93 Abidjan Nigeria 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
69 45 18- 7-93 Abidjan Algeria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
70 45 25- 9-93 Lagos Nigeria 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
71 45 4-10-93 Tokyo Japan 0-1 Africa-Asia Cup
72 1 46 19-12-93 Bamako Mali 1-0
73 46 18- 1-94 Conakry Guinea 0-3
74 3 49 28- 1-94 Ouagadougou Niger 5-3 Black Stars Cup
75 49 30- 1-94 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-0 Black Stars Cup
76 49 27- 3-94 Sousse Sierra Leone 4-0 African Nations Cup
77 49 31- 3-94 Sousse Zambia 0-1 African Nations Cup
78 1 50 3- 4-94 Sousse Ghana 2-1 African Nations Cup
79 50 6- 4-94 Tunis Nigeria 2-2 [3] African Nations Cup
80 50 30-11-94 Port Elizabeth South Africa 0-0 Simba Cup
81 50 4-12-94 Johannesburg Ghana 1-1 Simba Cup
82 50 22- 1-95 Abidjan Burkina Faso 2-2 African Cup Qual.
83 50 4- 6-95 Abidjan Morocco 2-0 African Cup Qual.
84 50 23- 7-95 Bamako Mali 2-2
85 50 28- 7-95 Abidjan Liberia 1-1
86 50 30- 7-95 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-1 African Cup Qual.
87 50 14- 1-96 Port Elizabeth Ghana 0-2 African Nations Cup
88 50 21- 1-96 Port Elizabeth Mozambique 1-0 African Nations Cup
89 50 25- 1-96 Port Elizabeth Tunisia 1-3 African Nations Cup
90 50 16- 6-96 Abidjan Congo-Brazzav. 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Ivory Coast won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
[2] Ivory Coast won 11-10 on penalty kicks.
[3] Ivory Coast lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
NB: the match against Nigeria U-20 (2-0, 31-10-91 in Abidjan), in which Traoré scored
1 goal, was not full A for FIFA and is therefore not included here.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
90 43 24 23 124- 88 110 61.11
50 Goals in 90 Matches (0.56 per match)
Type of Matches and Goals
African Nations Cup 22 9
African Cup Qualifier 18 18
Friendlies 18 6
World Cup Qualifier 13 8
CEDEAO Cup 3 2
African Games Qualifier 4 3
Olympic Games Qualifier 2 0
Confederations Cup 2 1
Africa-Asia Cup 1 0
Other Tournaments 7 3
Total: 90 50
Thanks to László Földesi (foldesilaszlo@freemail.hu) for earlier version of this file
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