Demba Touré

Demba Touré
	Touré with Grasshoppers in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Pape Demba Armand Tourézé
Date of birth	(1984-12-31) 31 December 1984
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2004	Lyon
2004–2009	Grasshoppers
2007–2008	→ Dynamo Kyiv (loan)
2009–2011	Reims
2011–2012	Astra Ploieşti
2011–2012	→ Astra II Giurgiu
2012	Al-Oruba
2013	Valletta
2013–2014	Birkirkara
2014	→ Tarxien Rainbows (loan)
2015–2016	Naxxar Lions
2017	Għajnsielem
2017	→ Żebbuġ Rangers (loan)
International career
2007	Senegal
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pape Demba Armand Tourézé^[1] (born 31 December 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré.

Club career

Touré was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played at Olympique Lyonnais for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, and was then loaned to Grasshopper Club Zürich for 2004–05 and 2005–ß6.

Touré 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. Touré signed with Al-Oruba Dubai in January 2012 for only six months.

On 27 December 2012, Toure signed with Maltese club Valletta F.C. On 4 July 2013, he signed a two-year contract with league rivals Birkirkara F.C.

International career

Touré was called up to the Senegal national team for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Burkina Faso in October 2006 to replace the injured Marseille striker Mamadou Niang. In 2007 he earned five caps scoring three goals.

References

^Demba Touré at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Demba Touré at Soccerway
Demba Touré at UAF(in Ukrainian)

[1] Demba Touré at National-Football-Teams.com

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