Armand Traoré

Armand Traore at Arsenal (2010)

Armand Traoré ( born October 8, 1989 in Paris ) is a French football player with Senegalese roots, acting preferentially at left-back position.

Career

Traoré played in the youth team of AS Monaco in August 2005 and came to Arsenal. Mainly used as a player of the second team, Traoré graduated six games for the second set arsenal. The first big match of the French for Arsenal was the farewell match of Dennis Bergkamp in July 2006 against Ajax Amsterdam. Furthermore, Traoré was in the 18 -man squad for the Champions League match against Dinamo Zagreb. His competitive debut for Arsenal he gave in the third round of the Carling Cup in the 2006/07 season against West Bromwich Albion. At this time he was also a member of the French U-17 national football team.

On April 5, 2008 Traoré was against Liverpool his Premier League debut in the starting lineup; After 72 minutes he was substituted for Gaël Clichy. To get more match practice, lent him the Arsenal FC for the 2008/ 09 season to FC Portsmouth. For the season 2010/11 Armand Traoré was given for a fee of 500,000 euros to the Italian giants Juventus.

During the summer break in 2011 Traoré moved to Queens Park Rangers. He signed a three-year contract until 30 June 2014.