Adama Traoré

Adama Traoré Diarra is a Spanish professional footballer, born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona, on 25 January 1996 to Malian parents. A powerful right winger who came through Barcelona's academy, he played in England for Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham, and won eight caps for Spain in 2020–2021. He is one of several footballers named Adama Traoré; this entry is the Spain international born in 1996. ^{1 2 3}

Traoré joined Barcelona's youth system in 2004 and played mainly for Barcelona B, with a single league appearance for the first team. In 2015 he moved to Aston Villa, then to Middlesbrough in 2016, where his pace and dribbling made his reputation. He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018 and spent five seasons there, with a brief loan back to Barcelona in 2022, before moving to Fulham in 2023, West Ham United in 2026 and then Deportivo La Coruña. ¹

At international level he played for Spain at every youth level and, after being approached by Mali, the country of his parents, he chose Spain and made his senior debut in October 2020, playing at Euro 2020. ¹

Traoré was born to Malian parents, and his elder brother Moha is also a footballer. The English article describes him as a practising Muslim, citing a Sky Sports interview about his faith and what Ramadan means to him, and files him under categories for Spanish and Malian Muslims; the Arabic article makes no statement about his religion, and Wikidata carries no religion value for him. No source names a school of Islam for him. ^{1 2 3}