Demba Touré

Demba Touré
Personal information
Full name Demba Armand Touré
(born Demba Armand Tourézé).
Date of birth December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31) (age 27)
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Astra Ploiești
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Olympique Lyon 2 (0)
2004–2009 Grasshoppers 95 (14)
2007–2008 Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2010 Stade Reims 7 (0)
2011– Astra Ploieşti 1 (0)
National team
2007 Senegal 5 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Demba Armand Tourézé (born 31 December 1984 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer Striker. Currently, he plays for Astra Ploiești. Romanian professional football club from Ploieşti, Prahova County, Romania. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré

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.Demba signed a 3 and a half years contract with Astra Ploiești in November 2011.

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