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Ibou Touray
Touray playing for Salford City in July 2017
Personal information
Full name Ibou Omar Touray[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Toxteth, England
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Salford City
Number 3
Youth career
2011–2014 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Everton 0 (0)
2014–2015 Chester 19 (0)
2015–2016 Rhyl 29 (2)
2016–2017 Nantwich Town
2017– Salford City 111[2] (4)
International career‡
2015– Gambia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:17, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:03, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Ibou Omar Touray (born 24 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League Two club Salford City.

Born in England, he represents Gambia at international level through his father.[3]

Club career

Everton

Born in Toxteth, England, Touray started his career at Everton, having joined the club in 2011.[4] He was close of joining Liverpool before joining Everton instead.[5] After progressing through the Everton's youth system, he signed his first professional contract at the club in July 2013.[4][3] Although he was given a number 40 shirt in the 2013–14 season, he was released by the club in May 2014.[6]

Chester

After leaving Everton in the summer, Touray went on a trial at Tranmere Rovers.[7] After the trial was unsuccessful, he joined Chester on 13 September 2014.[8]

After appearing as an unused substitute against Woking, Touray made his Chester debut three days later joining the club, coming on as a first half substitute, in a 2–0 win over Southport.[9] Since making his Chester debut, Touray quickly established himself in the starting eleven at the club, playing in the left-midfield position.[5] His performance attracted attention from League One side Oldham Athletic, which he appeared on the substitute bench on two occasions.[10] After returning, he appeared in every matches until he was sent-off for a "wild challenge" on Nicky Clee, in a 4–1 loss to Altrincham on 31 December 2014.[11] Although he served a three match suspension,[12] Touray, however, lost his first team place for the rest of the season and was released by the club.[13]

Rhyl

After leaving Chester, Touray moved to Wales when he joined Rhyl.[14][15][16]

Touray made his Rhyl debut in the opening game of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Bangor City on 21 August 2015, starting the whole game.[17] Since making his Rhyl debut, he established himself in the starting eleven for the side despite missing out one game through suspension.[18] It wasn't until on 9 April 2016 when Touray scored his first goals, in a 5–0 win over Port Talbot Town.[19] At the end of the season, Touray went on to make a total of 29 appearances and scoring two times in total.

After one season at Rhyl, Touray was released by Rhyl in May 2016.[20][21]

Nantwich Town

After being released by Rhyl,[20] he signed for Nantwich Town.[22] His move came after at a recommendation from the club's manager Dave Cooke.[23]

Touray made his Nantwich Town debut in the opening game of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Ashton United[24] Throughout the season, Touray established himself in the starting eleven at Nantwich Town as a left-back.[25] He'a also played a role when the club won 5–3 in the penalty shootout to the final of Cheshire Senior Cup against Warrington Town.[26] However, the club went on to lose the final after losing to Crewe Alexandra 3–2.[27]

After making 41 appearances in all competitions, Touray was awarded the club's Young Player of the Year.[28]

Salford City

In May 2017, he signed for Salford City.[29]

Touray made his Salford City debut in the opening game of the season, in a 2–0 loss against Darlington.[30]

International career

He made his international debut for Gambia in 2015.[14]

Honours

Salford City

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Salford City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 62. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/players/ibou-touray/
  3. ^ a b "Gambia: Citizen Spotted At EPL Side Everton FC". All Africa. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Touray Signs Pro Deal". Everton F.C. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b Jim Green (1 October 2014). "Ibou Touray loving life with the Blues". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Squad Numbers Announced". Everton F.C. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
    "Premier League clubs submit retained and released lists". Premier League. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 4 May 2015 suggested (help)
  7. ^ "Rowe stars for Rovers as they hold championship side Bolton at Prenton Park". Liverpool Echo. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Ibou Touray: Ex-Everton defender signs Chester contract". BBC Sport. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Match report: Woking 1 Chester FC 0". Chester Chronicle. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
    "Chester FC 2–0 Southport FC match report". Liverpool Echo. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Blues unlucky not to share spoils, says Burr". Chester Chronicle. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Altrincham 4 Chester FC 1: Match report". Chester Chronicle. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Chester FC v Kidderminster Harriers: Match preview". Chester Chroncile. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Chester FC end-of-term survey 2014–15: Results". Chester Chronicle. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Ibou Touray". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  15. ^ Ibou Touray at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Gambia's Ibou Touray signs for Welsh side Rhyl FC". Nagambia News. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Rhyl FC 1 Bangor City 1: Rival bosses both take positives from stalemate". Daily Post. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Rhyl manager Gareth Owen expects a determined Aberystwyth at Belle Vue". Daily Post. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Welsh Premier League round-up". Daily Post. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  20. ^ a b @rhylfc (15 May 2016). "IBOU TOURAY has been released #thankyou&goodluck" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "New Welsh Premier League season: Dave Jones' team by team guide". Daily Post. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Nantwich Town sign Ibou Touray". Nantwich Town F.C. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  23. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT: New Management Team unveiled". Nantwich Town F.C. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Match Report: Ashton United 1–1 Nantwich Town". Nantwich Town F.C. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Match Report: Kidsgrove Athletic 0–4 Nantwich Town". Nantwich Town F.C. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Match Report: Nantwich Town 0–0 Warrington Town(5–3 on Pens)". Nantwich Town F.C. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  27. ^ "Match Report: Crewe Alexandra 3–2 Nantwich Town". Nantwich Town F.C. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  28. ^ "Gambia: Ibou Touray Awarded By Nantwich". All Africa. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Touray Agrees Salford City Deal". Salford City F.C. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  30. ^ "Opening day defeat for Salford City". Salford City F.C. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  31. ^ Rindl, Josef (11 May 2019). "AFC Fylde 0–3 Salford City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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