Mamadou Tounkara (footballer, born 2001)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 December 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Épinay-sur-Seine, France | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vitória Guimarães | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Drancy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Drancy | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Vitória Guimarães B | 50 | (1) |
2022– | Vitória Guimarães | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Mali U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC) |
Mamadou Tounkara (born 14 December 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the club Vitória S.C. in the Primeira Liga. Born in France, he is a youth international for Mali.
Club career
[edit]A youth product of Drancy, Tounkara began his senior career with them in 2019. On 16 June 2020, he transferred to Vitória SC where he signed a 3-year contract.[2] He spent his first 2 seasons with their reserves.[3] He made his professional debut with Vitória SC as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 Primeira Liga loss to Braga on 3 September 2022.[4] On 10 September 2022, he was promoted to their senior side and renewed his contract until 2025.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Tounkara is of Malian descent.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gigante Tounkara entra na pré-época do V. Guimarães". www.ojogo.pt.
- ^ à 15h54, Par Laurent Pruneta Le 16 juillet 2020 (July 16, 2020). "Football : des terrains de banlieue au Portugal". leparisien.fr.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tounkara: "Será um prazer trabalhar na equipa A"". www.record.pt.
- ^ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Tounkara renova com o V. Guimarães até 2025". www.ojogo.pt.
- ^ "Mamadou Tounkara : " Ça sera une fierté pour moi, de porter les couleurs du Mali "".
External links
[edit]- Mamadou Tounkara at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Épinay-sur-Seine
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's youth international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- JA Drancy players
- Vitória S.C. players
- Vitória S.C. B players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
- Black French sportspeople
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Mali
- Malian football biography stubs