Assimiou Touré
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Assimiou Touré |
| Date of birth |
January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) (age 24) |
| Place of birth |
Sokodé, Togo |
| Height |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Playing position |
Defender |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Arminia Bielefeld |
| Number |
11 |
| Youth career |
| 2000–2006 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
2 |
(0) |
| 2007–2009 |
→ VfL Osnabrück (loan) |
7 |
(0) |
| 2010– |
Arminia Bielefeld |
7 |
(0) |
| National team‡ |
| 2006 |
Germany U-18 |
2 |
(0) |
| 2006– |
Togo |
13 |
(0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2010 |
Assimiou Touré (born 1 January 1988 in Sokodé) is a Togolese football defender. He currently plays for Arminia Bielefeld. He also holds a German passport.
[edit] Career
Touré joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2000 and became a member of their Bundesliga squad at the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, making his Bundesliga debut on 22 October 2006 against Hamburger SV. It was his only Bundesliga appearance that season, but he made almost 30 competitive appearances for Bayer Leverkusen's reserve team before going on loan to Osnabrück in August 2007. Three days before his Bundesliga debut, on 19 October 2006, he also made his UEFA Cup debut against Club Brugge.
Touré made five appearances for Osnabrück in the 2nd Bundesliga in September 2007, but sustained an injury in their match against St. Pauli at the end of the month and has been out ever since.
On 1 February 2010, the German second division club Arminia Bielefeld signed him from Bayer Leverkusen; the contract ends in 2012. Touré made his debut for the club against MSV Duisburg, although he only played the first half of the match.
[edit] International career
He played for the German under-18 national team twice after receiving German passport in early 2006, but decided to play for his native Togo at senior level and was added to their squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, where he appeared in two of the team's three group matches. Touré was member of the 2010 African Cup of Nations squad, but after the attack on the team Togo withdrew from the tournament.[1]
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Toure, Assimiou |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
1 January 1988 |
| Place of birth |
Sokodé, Togo |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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