Demba Touré

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Demba Touré
Personal information
Full name	Demba Touré
Date of birth	December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31) (age 23)
Place of birth	Senegal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004-2006 2007 2007-present	Olympique Lyonnais Grasshopper-Club Zürich (on loan) Dynamo Kyiv Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2 (0) 73 (11) 4 (0) 13 (3)
National team2
2006-present	Senegal	0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Demba Touré (born 31 December 1984 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer. He currently plays for Grasshopper-Club Zürich where he wears the number 7 shirt on loan from Olympique Lyonnais, and the Senegal national football team.

Touré played at Lyon for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, and was then loaned to Grasshopper-Club Zürich for 2004 and 2005.

He was called up to the Senegal national squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Burkina Faso in October 2006 to replace the injured Marseille striker Mamadou Niang.

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