Mohamed Kader

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Mohamed Kader
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Abdel Kader Coubadja Touré
Date of birth	April 8, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Sokode, Togo
Height	174 cm
Position	forward
Club information
Current club	EA Guingamp
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1995-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001 2001-02 2002-04 2004-05 2005-	Étoile Filante de Lomé CA Bizertin Parma Lugano Al Ahli Parma Vicenza Servette FC FC Sochaux EA Guingamp
National team**
1995-	Togo	49 (14)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006.

Mohamed Abdel Kader Coubadja Touré or Muhammad Abdul Qadar Coubadja Touré (born April 8, 1979 in Sokode) is a Togolese football striker. A Togo international, he helped them reach the 2006 World Cup, their first World Cup ever. Kader Mohamed's star rose in his home country after he scored the late winner in the 1998 African Cup of Nations match against Ghana, thus securing Togo’s first ever win at the tournament. The forward later played in the 2000 and 2002 editions, as well as featuring in Togo's disappointing campaign in Egypt this year.

After starting out with Etoile Filante de Lome, he left Togo for CA Bizertin (Tunisia) before landing at AC Parma in Italy in 1998, from where he had loan spells at clubs in Switzerland, Egypt and Italy. In 2003/4 he scored 19 goals in 35 matches for Swiss outfit Servette and was elected best Togolese player abroad. Now playing with Guingamp in France.

On June 13, 2006, he scored Togo's first ever World Cup goal in their first group match against Korea Republic, with a well taken finish. Touré currently plays for EA Guingamp.

[edit] External links

• (French) Official website
• (French) Club bio
• Photo of Kader and team

	Togo squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Tchagnirou | 2 Nibombé | 3 Abalo | 4 Adebayor | 5 Tchangai | 6 Aziawonou | 7 Salifou | 8 Agboh | 9 Dossevi | 10 Cherif Touré | 11 Malm | 12 Akoto | 13 Forson | 14 Olufadé | 15 Romao | 16 Agassa | 17 Kader | 18 Sènaya | 19 Assemoassa | 20 Erassa | 21 Atsou | 22 Obilale | 23 Touré | Coach: Pfister