Assimiou Touré
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|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Assimiou Touré | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2006 | |||
Assimiou Touré (born 1 January 1988 in Sokodé) is a Togolese football defender who currently plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He also holds a German passport.
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.
He 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.
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.
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Togo were disqualified from the tournament after missing their opening game against Ghana due to a terrorist attack. | ||
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