Almamy Touré
{{Short description|Malian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Almamy Touré
| image = AlmamyToure.jpg
| upright =
| caption = Touré with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bamako, Mali
| height = 1.83 m{{cite web |url=https://profis.eintracht.de/2022-2023/kader/almamy-toure/ |title=Almamy Touré |accessdate=3 August 2022 |publisher=Eintracht Frankfurt}}
| position = Right-back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2004
| youthclubs1 = Espérance Sportive de Stains
| youthyears2 = 2004–2010
| youthclubs2 = Bourget FC
| youthyears3 = 2010–2015
| youthclubs3 = Monaco
| years1 = 2011–2016
| clubs1 = Monaco B
| caps1 = 45
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015–2019
| clubs2 = Monaco
| caps2 = 54
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2019–2023
| clubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| caps3 = 60
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2023–2025
| clubs4 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2023–
| nationalteam2 = Mali
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 23 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 18 June 2023
}}
Almamy Touré (born 28 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for the Mali national team.{{Soccerway|almamy-toure/222752}}
Club career
=Monaco=
Touré is a youth exponent from AS Monaco.{{cite web|url=http://www.asmonaco.com/en/article/four-youngsters-to-watch-65187.html/ |title=Four youngsters to watch |publisher=asmonaco.com |accessdate=19 April 2015 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He made his league debut on 20 February 2015 in a 1–0 away win against OGC Nice replacing Layvin Kurzawa after 35 minutes. Bernardo Silva scored the only goal of the game.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/20/france/ligue-1/olympique-gymnaste-club-de-nice-cote-dazur/association-sportive-monaco-fc/1687209/|title=Nice vs. Monaco - 20 February 2014 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=20 February 2015}} He started his first game on 25 February 2015, during Monaco's surprise 3–1 victory against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Touré signed a new four-year contract with Monaco on 19 May 2015.{{cite web|title=Touré signs contract extension until 2019|url=http://www.asmonaco.com/en/article/toure-signs-contract-extension-until-2019-68085.html|publisher=AS Monaco FC|accessdate=3 June 2015|date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005132051/http://www.asmonaco.com/en/article/toure-signs-contract-extension-until-2019-68085.html|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
=Eintracht Frankfurt=
On 31 January 2019, Touré joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-and-a-half-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/almamy-toure-verstaerkt-die-eintracht-verteidigung-70421/|title=Almamy Touré verstärkt die Eintracht-Verteidigung|publisher=Eintracht Frankfurt|language=German|date=31 January 2019|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412060435/https://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/almamy-toure-verstaerkt-die-eintracht-verteidigung-70421/|url-status=dead}} Toure struggled with injuries during the 2022–23 season, making just five starts.{{cite web |title=ALMAMY TOURE - Soccer News |url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/almamy-toure-player |website=FOX Sports |access-date=22 October 2023}} At the end of the 2023 season, Toure departed Eintracht Frankfurt and became a free agent.{{cite web |title=Almamy Touré to depart |url=https://en.eintracht.de/news/abgang-almamy-toure-150711 |access-date=22 October 2023}}
=1. FC Kaiserslautern=
On 15 November 2023, Touré joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a contract until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://fck.de/de/fck-verstaerkt-defensive-mit-almamy-toure/|trans-title=FCK STRENGTHENS DEFENSE WITH ALMAMY TOURÉ|title=FCK VERSTÄRKT DEFENSIVE MIT ALMAMY TOURÉ|language=German|website=fck.de|date=15 November 2023|accessdate=15 November 2023}}
International career
Though Touré did not possess French nationality until 2018, when he obtained it and appeared for the France under-21 national team.{{cite web|title=Almamy Touré : " France ou Mali ? Quand je serai Français, je ferai mon choix "|url=http://maliactu.net/almamy-toure-france-ou-mali-quand-je-serai-francais-je-ferai-mon-choix/ |publisher=Mali actu|accessdate=3 June 2015|date=14 November 2017}} Touré switched his international allegiance back to Mali in 2022, when he was called up for their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Tunisia.{{cite news |first=Holly |last=Percival |title=Everton's Doucoure to play for Mali after switching allegiance from France |url=https://theathletic.com/news/evertons-doucoure-to-play-for-mali-after-switching-allegiance-from-france/FOWFGgZ4s9gl/ |work=The Athletic |publisher=The Athletic Media Company |date=22 March 2022 |accessdate=12 May 2022 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 14 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=A.Touré|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/almamy-toure/222752/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 June 2016}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6"|Monaco
|rowspan="5"|Ligue 1 |5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16
|10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17
|15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1Appearance in Trophée des Champions | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2018–19
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 6 | |
| rowspan="6"|Eintracht Frankfurt
|rowspan="5"|Bundesliga |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1Appearance in UEFA Super Cup | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3'|Kaiserlautern
|11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25
|2. Bundesliga |7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!132 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 11 |
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Honours
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{FFF player|6866-toure-almamy}}
- {{FFF male player|2543513646}}
- {{UEFA player|250075828}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toure, Almamy}}
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:Malian emigrants to France
Category:French sportspeople of Malian descent
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Malian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Bamako
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:France men's under-21 international footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:UEFA Europa League–winning players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players
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