Bertrand Traore

Bertrand Isidore Traore (born 6 September 1995) is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Burkina Faso national team.

After beginning his career at Auxerre, he 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.

A full international from the age of 15, Traore represented Burkina Faso at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Club Career

Chelsea

In August 2010, it was reported that Traore had joined the Chelsea Academy from French club Auxerre, rejecting Manchester United in the process.

In January 2011, however, Traore had not yet signed for the club, and in January 2012 the club confirmed that Traore was not and had never been a Chelsea player, but had appeared once for the club's youth team in a friendly as part of a six-week trial earlier in the season. On 17 July 2013, however, he made his debut, as a trialist, in a pre-season friendly against the Singha All Stars.

On 31 October 2013, Traore officially signed a four-and-half-year contract with Chelsea. He signed a contract for Chelsea's senior team in December 2013, and completed the transfer on 1 January 2014.

Loan to Vitesse

On 2 January 2014, Traore signed on loan for Eredivisie side Vitesse. On 26 January, he made his debut, coming on in the 67th minute for fellow Chelsea loanee Lucas Piazon. On 29 March 2014, Traore scored his first goal, against Heerenveen. He replaced Mike Havenaar after half-time; in the 67th minute, he scored Vitesse's second goal of the game which was assisted by fellow Chelsea loanee, Christian Atsu. On 6 April, Traore scored his second goal of the season in a home match against Ajax which ended in a 1–1 draw. On 12 April, Traore put Vitesse in the

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