Pa Dembo Touray

Pa Dembo Touray
Personal information
Full namePa Dembo Touray
Date of birthMarch 31, 1980
Place of birthBanjul, Gambia
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Engen Santos
Number1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2011Djurgården195(1)
2001–2002→ Assyriska FF (loan)59(0)
2004→ Vålerenga IF (loan)11(0)
2012–Engen Santos52(0)
National team‡
2001–Gambia25(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 5, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 21, 2012

Pa Dembo Touray, pronounced "Touré", (born March 31, 1980[1] in Banjul) is a Gambian football player (goalkeeper) and national team player for Gambia. He currently plays for South African National First Division club Engen Santos.

Club career

Touray began his footballing career with Real de Banjul F.C. in Gambia. In 2000 he moved to Stockholm in Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF in the highest domestic league, Allsvenskan. Touray spent two respective loan spells with Assyriska FF[1] and Vålerenga IF[2] before returning to Djurgårdens IF following the sale of Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson.

After Isaksson's departure, Touray was handed an extended run in the team, and since maintained his position as first-choice goalkeeper at the club. He was also rewarded with the club captaincy after several seasons of consistency and following the 2011 season was selected as the top goalkeeper in the Allsvenskan.[3] At the conclusion of the 2011 season, after a decade at Djurgårdens IF Touray left the club having appeared in 195 league matches.

Touray is one of the most celebrated fan-favorites of Djurgårdens IF, having stayed at the club for more than a decade & during one of the club's most successful spells in history. Touray also introduced the West African song "Kamala, Kamala Vesta" as a victory chant, sung by Touray & repeated by the singing stand, which has become a tradition for the club ever since.

International career

Touray has been capped 25 times for Gambia.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 September 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Banjul 1998–99 0 0 0 0
1999–00 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djurgården 2000 Superettan 1 0 2 0 3 0
Total 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Assyriska (loan) 2001 Superettan 29 0 29 0
2002 30 0 30 0
Total 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0
Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Vålerenga (loan) 2004 Tippeligaen 11 0 11 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Djurgården 2004 Allsvenskan 17 0 3 0 6 0 3 0 29 0
2005 26 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 31 1
2006 25 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 34 0
2007 26 0 0 0 26 0
2008 23 0 2 0 4 0 29 0
2009 25 0 1 0 2 0 28 0
2010 23 0 0 0 23 0
2011 29 0 2 0 31 0
Total 194 1 11 0 14 0 12 0 231 1
Engen Santos 2011–12 National First Division 14 0 2 0 4 0 20 0
2012–13 28 0 1 0 3 0 32 0
2013–14 8 0 2 0 10 0
2014–15 2 0 2 0
Total 52 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 64 0
Career total 317 1 21 0 14 0 19 0 371 1

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "15. Pa Dembo Touray". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Riedel, Jonas (2004-12-01). "Dembo tillbaks i Oslo". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Pa Dembo Touray:Best Goal-Keeper in Sweden". wcr.gm. wcr.gm. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Pa Dembo Touray:"Nigeria floppar"". gt.se (in Swedish). GT. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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