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Aïssata Traoré

Aïssata Traoré

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Mali
Born:
1997-09-09 (age 28)
Height:
172 cm

Career (2026–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 14 GP · 980 min · 4 goals · 1 assists

Composite 2026: 0.675 — ranked 54 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12026Legacy141098041130141176.0300.370.46
1 Yr141098041130141176.0300.370.46

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12026Boston Legacy98043.790.210.350.181.33-1.150.024.020.370.076
1 Yr98043.790.210.350.181.33-1.150.024.020.370.076

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeason ▴xGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120260.2911.2161.8640.6210.0000.67554385

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
1202682626played her role
1 Yr82626played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Micayla JohnsonStars2025Forward0.731
2Jéssica SilvaGotham2025Forward0.691
3Joelle Catherine JohnsonCurrent2021Forward0.683
4Mary LongCurrent2025Forward0.680
5Mariana SpeckmaierSpirit2021Midfielder0.676
6Alexa SpaanstraCurrent2023Forward0.647
7Olivia WingateCourage2023Forward0.641
8Hannah BetfortThorns2022Forward0.636
9Jorian Nicole BaucomCourage2022Forward0.634
10Princess MarfoBay FC2024Forward0.631