The 29-year-old Mali centre-back/left-back, who was released by Pompey this week, has joined Monaco as a free agent and has signed a two-year contract with the Ligue One side.
Traore joined Blues on loan towards the end of last season but because of injury he made just two starts and one substitute appearance during his time at St Andrews.Debut Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds 18 Apr 2009 2 (1) 0 1 0 23 Jan 2008 15 (0) 0 3 0 13 Jan 2007 13 (2) 0 1 0 19 Aug 2006 13 (0) 0 2 1 11 Aug 2002 105 (20) 1 13 0 22 Sep 2001 11 (7) 0 3 0 13 (1) 0 3 0 First App. Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds 18 Apr 2009 2 (1) 0 1 0 15 Aug 2007 18 (2) 0 4 0 19 Aug 2006 23 (0) 0 2 1 10 Sep 2005 16 (8) 0 2 0 29 Aug 2004 34 (8) 0 3 0 29 Oct 2003 11 (0) 1 0 0 11 Aug 2002 44 (4) 0 8 0 21 Aug 2001 12 (7) 0 3 0 19 Aug 2000 11 (1) 0 3 0 21 Sep 1999 1 (0) 0 0 0