:Alioune Touré
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image =File:AA05434 (1).jpg
| name = Alioune Touré
| fullname = Alioune Kissima Touré
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|9|9}}
| birth_place = Saint-Denis, France
| height = 1.72m
| position = Attacking Midfielder
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = INF Clairefontaine
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Nantes
| years1 = 1996–2001
| years2 = 2001–2002
| years3 = 2002–2004
| years4 = 2004–2005
| years5 = 2005–2007
| years6 = 2007–2008
| years7 = 2008–2009
| years8 = 2009–2010
| clubs1 = Nantes |caps1 = 49 |goals1 = 3
| clubs2 = Manchester City |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain |caps3 = 25 |goals3 = 1
| clubs4 = → Guingamp (loan) |caps4 = 11 |goals4 = 0
| clubs5 = União de Leiria |caps5 = 40 |goals5 = 2
| clubs6 = Dubai CSC |caps6 = |goals6 =
| clubs7 = Olympiakos Nicosia |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0
| clubs8 = Paris FC |caps8 = 2 |goals8 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1997
| nationalyears2 = 1998
| nationalteam1 = France U18
| nationalteam2 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| pcupdate =
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| manageryears1= 2012–
| managerclubs1= Shanghai Shenhua (Coach)
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Alioune Kissima Touré (born 9 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward or as a winger.
Playing career
Born in Saint-Denis, Alioune started his career in 1996 with FC Nantes and signed his first professional contract in 1997. During his 7 seasons with the club, he became Ligue 1 winner in 2001 (to which he contributed 15 appearances){{cite web |url=http://www.fcnhisto.fr/call10001.html|title=CALENDRIER LIGUE 1 2000–01|publisher=fcnhisto.fr |accessdate=2 August 2016}} and twice a winner of the Coupe de France in 1999 and 2000.
Alioune Toure was then transferred to Manchester City with whom he won the Championship gaining promotion to the Premier League.
In 2002, he signed with Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract where he was finalist of the Coupe de France in 2003 before winning it in 2004.
He then played for the Portuguese club União de Leiria between 2005 and 2007 and in Qatar for Dubai CSC in 2008. Back in Europe in 2009, he pursued his career at the Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus. After a brief time playing for Paris FC in 2010, he ended his professional footballer's career in 2011.
Managerial career
Then, in 2012 Alioune joined the first league Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua as a coach assistant. In 2013, he pursued his coach training while supervising and detecting young talents in Africa. Finally, he obtained his UEFA A Coaching Licence from the French Football Federation in 2015.
Honours
=Club=
;Nantes
;Manchester City
;Paris Saint-Germain
=International=
;France
- UEFA U19 Football Championship: 1997
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=26936/typeofpage=40054/sc=d6cf9c Career history] at Voetbal International
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Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Paris Saint-Germain FC players
Category:En Avant Guingamp players
Category:French sportspeople of Malian descent
Category:French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
Category:Olympiakos Nicosia players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Cypriot Second Division players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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