Alioune Touré
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alioune Kissima Touré | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Denis, France | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| INF Clairefontaine | |||
| Nantes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2001 | Nantes | 49 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Manchester City | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Paris Saint-Germain | 25 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Guingamp (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | União de Leiria | 40 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Dubai CSC | ||
| 2008–2009 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Paris FC | 2 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | France U18 | ||
| 1998 | France U21 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012– | Shanghai Shenhua (Coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alioune Kissima Touré (born 9 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward or as a winger.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Saint-Denis, Alioune started his career in 1996 with FC Nantes and signed his first professional contract in 1997. During his 7 seasons with the club, he became Ligue 1 winner in 2001 (to which he contributed 15 appearances)[1] and twice a winner of the Coupe de France in 1999 and 2000.
Alioune Toure was then transferred to Manchester City with whom he won the Championship gaining promotion to the Premier League.
In 2002, he signed with Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract where he was finalist of the Coupe de France in 2003 before winning it in 2004.
He then played for the Portuguese club União de Leiria between 2005 and 2007 and in Qatar for Dubai CSC in 2008. Back in Europe in 2009, he pursued his career at the Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus. After a brief time playing for Paris FC in 2010, he ended his professional footballer's career in 2011.
Managerial career
[edit]Then, in 2012 Alioune joined the first league Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua as a coach assistant. In 2013, he pursued his coach training while supervising and detecting young talents in Africa. Finally, he obtained his UEFA A Coaching Licence from the French Football Federation in 2015.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Nantes
- Manchester City
- Paris Saint-Germain
International
[edit]- France
- UEFA U19 Football Championship: 1997
References
[edit]- ^ "CALENDRIER LIGUE 1 2000–01". fcnhisto.fr. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Résultat et résumé Paris-SG - Châteauroux, Coupe de France, Finale, Samedi 29 Mai 2004". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career history at Voetbal International
- Alioune Touré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
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- 1978 births
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- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Nantes players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- En Avant Guingamp players
- U.D. Leiria players
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Olympiakos Nicosia players
- Paris FC players
- Men's association football forwards
- Cypriot Second Division players
- English Football League players
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