Demba Touré
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Demba Armand Touré (born Demba Armand Tourézé) | ||
Date of birth | 31 December 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Olympique Lyon | 2 | (0) |
2004–2009 | Grasshoppers | 95 | (14) |
2007–2008 | → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Stade Reims | 26 | (0) |
2011 | Astra Ploieşti | 1 | (0) |
2012 | Al-Oruba Dubai | 13 | (4) |
2013 | Valletta | 14 | (6) |
2013–2014 | Birkirkara | 9 | (1) |
2014 | → Tarxien Rainbows | 12 | (9) |
National team | |||
2007 | Senegal | 8 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Demba Armand Tourézé (born 31 December 1984 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer striker. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré.
Career History
Touré played at Lyon for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, and was then loaned to Grasshopper Club Zürich for 2004 and 2005.Demba signed a 3 1⁄2-year contract with Astra Ploiești in November 2011. He left Astra Ploiești in December 2011 due to financial dispute with the club. Demba Toure signed with Al-Oruba Dubai in January 2012 for only six months. On 27 December 2012, Demba Toure signed with Valletta Football Club, a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. On 4 July 2013 he signed a 2-year contract with the Maltese League Champions, Birkirkara FC a Maltese football club based in Birkirkara.
International appearances
He was called up to the Senegal national squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Burkina Faso in October 2006 to replace the injured Marseille striker Mamadou Niang. He currently has 8 caps and 3 international goals to his name.
Personal information
Demba Toure is a practising Muslim. He is married with 2 children.
External links
- Statistics at Irish Times
- Demba Touré at National-Football-Teams.com
- vallettafc.net