Shakhtar striker Lassina Traore will no longer be able to help the Donetsk club until the end of this year due to injury. As reported by the Pitmen's official website, the 22-year-old striker was diagnosed with a quadriceps femoris tendon tear.. On Tuesday, August 22, Traore was successfully operated on in a specialized clinic in Finland. It is noted that he will miss the autumn part of the season.. Lassina moved to Shakhtar in the summer of 2021 from Ajax Amsterdam.

In September 2021, he seriously injured his knee in a Champions League match against Inter Milan.. Then Traore underwent surgery and was out of the game for 10 months.. The forward of the Burkina Faso national team became the only foreigner who did not leave Shakhtar after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. In total, Traore played 48 matches for the Pitmen, in which he scored 17 goals.. This season, Lassina took part in 3 matches of the Ukrainian championship and scored 2 goals.