Demba Touré

Demba Touré

Personal information
Full name	Demba Armand Touré (born Demba Armand Tourézé).
Date of birth	December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31)
Place of birth	Senegal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Oruba Dubai
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Olympique Lyon	2	(0)
2004–2009	Grasshoppers	95	(14)
2007–2008	→ Dynamo Kyiv (loan)	6	(0)
2009–2010	Stade Reims	7	(0)
2011–2011	Astra Ploieşti	1	(0)
2012–	Al-Oruba Dubai	6	(1)
National team‡
2007	Senegal	5	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Demba Armand Tourézé (born 31 December 1984 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer Striker. Currently, he plays for Al-Oruba Dubai. football club from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 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 and a half years 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.

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

Personal information

Demba Toure is a practising Muslem. He is married with 2 children.

External links

• Statistics at Irish Times
• Demba Touré at National-Football-Teams.com