Demba Touré

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Demba Touré
Personal information

Full name	Demba Armand Touré (born Demba Armand Tourézé)
Date of birth	(1984-12-31) 31 December 1984
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Tarxien.R F.C.
Number	11
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	26	(0)
2011	Astra Ploieşti	1	(0)
2012	Al-Oruba Dubai	13	(4)
2013	Valletta	14	(6)
2013–	Birkirkara	9	(1)
National team^‡
2007	Senegal	8	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 29 October 2013 (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 Birkirkara football club from Malta. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré.

Career History

Touré played at Lyon for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, and was then loaned to Grasshopper-Club Zürich for 2004 and 2005.Demba signed a 3 and a half years contract with Astra Ploiești in November 2011. He left Astra Ploiești in December 2011 due to financial dispute with the club. Demba Toure signed with Al-Oruba Dubai in January 2012 for only six months. On 27 December 2012, Demba Toure signed with Valletta Football Club, a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. On 4 July 2013 he signed a 2 year contract with the Maltese League Champions, Birkirkara FC a Maltese football club based in Birkirkara.

International appearances

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. He currently has 8 caps and 3 international goals to his name.

Personal information

Demba Toure is a practising Muslim. He is married with 2 children.

External links

Statistics at Irish Times
Demba Touré at National-Football-Teams.com
vallettafc.net

v t e Birkirkara F.C. – current squad

1 Gauci 2 Herrera 3 Matheus 4 Sciberras (c) 5 D. Zerafa 6 Fenech 7 Camenzuli 8 Vella 10 Shodiya 11 Touré 12 Akpan 14 Temile 16 Haber 17 Mendoza 19 J. Zerafa 20 K. Zammit 21 Scicluna 22 Z. Muscat 23 Jhonnattann 24 R. Muscat Manager: P. Zammit

Persondata
Name	Touré, Demba
Alternative names	Tourézé, Demba Armand
Short description	Senegalese footballer
Date of birth	31 December 1984
Place of birth	Senegal
Date of death
Place of death

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