Brama Traoré
{{short description|Burkinabé football manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brama Traoré
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Brama Traoré
| height =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1980–1982
| youthclubs1 = JC de Bobo Dioulasso
| years1 = 1982–1993
| clubs1 = RC Bobo Dioulasso
| nationalyears1 = 1986–1993
| nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso
| manageryears1 = 1995–2000
| managerclubs1 = RC Bobo Dioulasso
| managerclubs2 = Burkina Faso U20
| manageryears3 = 1999–2024
| managerclubs3 = Burkina Faso U23
| manageryears4 = 2005–2008
| managerclubs4 = RC Bobo Dioulasso
| manageryears5 = 2012–2015
| managerclubs5 = Burkina Faso A'
| manageryears6 = 2019–2022
| managerclubs6 = RC Bobo Dioulasso
| manageryears7 = 2023–
| managerclubs7 = Burkina Faso
| manageryears2 = 199?–2020
}}
Brama "Chercheur" Traoré (born 22 March 1962) is a Burkinabé former footballer who is the current manager of the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
Nicknamed "Chercheur", Brama Traoré played domestically within Burkina Faso for JC de Bobo Dioulasso Youth and RC Bobo Dioulasso between 1980 and 1993.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2024 |title=Football - Burkina Faso: Who is Brama Traoré the new coach of the Etalons? |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/en/at-a-glance/football-burkina-faso-who-is-brama-traore-the-new-coach-of-the-etalons/ |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=Sport News Africa}}{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2025: Meet the Coach: Brama Traoré (Burkina Faso) |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/totalenergies-caf-afcon-2025-meet-the-coach-brama-traore-burkina-faso/ |access-date=7 May 2025}}
He won the 1984 and 1987 editions of the Coupe du Faso and the 1992–93 Leader's Cup while playing for RC Bobo Dioulasso.{{Cite web |last=Bazie |first=Yiyé Yannick |date=12 March 2024 |title=Burkina Faso Stallions: Who is the new coach Brama Traoré? |url=https://letalon.net/etalons-du-burkina-qui-est-le-nouveau-selectionneur-brama-traore/?noamp=available |access-date=7 May 2025}}
International career
He represented Burkina Faso between 1986 and 1993.
Managerial career
He has managed RC Bobo Dioulasso over three spells between 1995 and 2022, and he won the 2007 Coupe du Faso with the club.
He then managed the Burkina Faso U20, U23 and A' teams between 1999 and 2024, where his team finished runners-up at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Traoré became the Burkina Faso national team manager on 11 March 2024. His first gane in charge was a 2–1 friendly loss against Libya on 22 March 2024.{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso 1–2 Libya |url=https://www.futebolnacional.com.br/siteapp/page.jsp?module=matchdetails&code=C71847DF649F0B1060E6896EB35D467C&lang=en&m=y&img=y |website=futebolnational.com}}
Honours
=As a player=
RC Bobo Dioulasso
- Coupe du Faso
- Champions (2): 1984, 1987
- Runners-up (1): 1985
- Leader's Cup
- Champions (1): 1992–93
=As a manager=
RC Bobo Dioulasso
- '''Burkinabé Premier League
- Third-place (2): 1984–85, 1987–88
- Coupe du Faso
- Champions (1): 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2006
Burkina Faso U23
- Alexandria International Tournament
- Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003
- UFOA-B Tournament
- Third place (2): 2008, 2022
- CEN-SAD Niamey Games
- Champions (1): 2008
- UNAF International Junior Tournament
- Champions (1): 2009
- Rézé International Junior Cup
- Champions (1): 2010
- International Espoir Tournament
- Champions (1): 2010
- Ibiza International Junior Tournament
- Champions (1): 2010
- Burkina Faso 50th Anniversary Tournament
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Jeux de la Francophonie
- Runners-up (1): 2023