Aïssatou Tounkara
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 March 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Buttes Chaumont S.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Issy-les-Moulineaux | ||
2010–2018 | Paris FC | 87 | (3) |
2018– | Atlético Madrid | 22 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
2012 | France U17 | 14 | (0) |
2013–2014 | France U19 | 17 | (0) |
2014 | France U20 | 7 | (1) |
2015–2016 | France B | 4 | (0) |
2016– | France | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018 |
Aïssatou Tounkara (born 16 March 1995) is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Atlético Madrid.
Career
Club
Tounkara started her career at the Buttes Chaumont FC club, where she stayed until the fall of 2008 when she joined the Football Féminin Issy-les-Moulineaux, whose team was then in Division 2 Féminine. In the offseason of 2010, Tounkara joined FCF Juvisy in the Division 1 Féminine.[citation needed]
International
Tounkara was part of several French youth teams. She debuted for the France U16 team against Norway on 4 July 2011.[1] Tounkara also represented France in many international competitions. In 2012, she was part of the squad that played at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, in which France finished second. In September of the same year, she was called to represent France at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan. Tounkara was a titular along the whole tournament and played the final match in which France defeated North Korea on penalties and became champions.[2] In August 2013, Tounkara traveled to Wales to represent France U19 at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The team did very well, defeating England in the great final and taking the title. In August 2014, Tounkara was called to represent France U20 at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada.[3] The French team finished third. In 2017, she was part of the squad that represented France at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "AMICAL ÄÄNEKOSKI – ÄANENKOSKEN LIIKUNTAPUISTO LUNDI 4 JUILLET 2011". FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DE FOOTBALL. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "LA LISTE POUR LE MONDIAL CANADIEN". FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DE FOOTBALL. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "LES JOUEUSES POUR L'EURO 2017". FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DE FOOTBALL. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
External links
- Aïssatou Tounkara – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Aïssatou Tounkara at Soccerway
- Aïssatou Tounkara at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Aïssatou Tounkara at WorldFootball.net
- Player's Profile at Foot o Feminin
- Player's Profile at Paris FC
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Paris
- French women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- France women's international footballers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Division 1 Féminine players
- Paris FC (women) players
- Primera División (women) players
- Atlético Madrid Femenino players
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Black French sportspeople
- French people of Malian descent
- French women's football biography stubs