Bako Touré

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bako Touré

| image =

| fullname = Bassidiki Touré

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bamako, Mali

| height = 1.80 m

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|4|28|1939|12|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Bamako, Mali]

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = –1956 | youthclubs1 = ASPTT Bamako

| youthyears2 = 1956–1957 | youthclubs2 = Jeanne d'Arc de Bamako

| years1 = 1957–1958 | clubs1 = ASPTT Nice | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1958–1959 | clubs2 = Marseille | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1959–1960 | clubs3 = Toulouse | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = 1960–1961 | clubs4 = Nancy | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1961–1962 | clubs5 = Toulon | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 12

| years6 = 1962–1963 | clubs6 = Limoges | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 15

| years7 = 1963–1964 | clubs7 = Nancy | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 1964–1966 | clubs8 = Nantes | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 1966–1968 | clubs9 = Ajaccio | caps9 = 52 | goals9 = 17

| years10 = 1968–1975 | clubs10 = Blois | caps10 = | goals10 =

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = ?–?

| nationalteam1 = Mali

| nationalcaps1 = ?

| nationalgoals1 = ?

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Bassidiki Touré (7 December 1939 – 28 April 2001), commonly known as Bako Touré, was a Mali international football forward who played for clubs in Mali and France.

Playing career

Born in Bamako, Touré began playing club football for local sides ASPTT Bamako and Jeanne d'Arc de Bamako.

In 1957, Touré moved to France and joined ASPTT Nice. He would soon play for Ligue 1 sides Olympique de Marseille, Toulouse FC and AS Nancy.

After a spell playing in Ligue 2, he joined FC Nantes and would win Ligue 1 during 1965.{{cite web|publisher=Football-Solidaire.com |title=Les grands joueurs maliens |url=http://www.football-solidaire.com/foot%20malien/joueurs/grands%20joueurs.htm |language=French |accessdate=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124184520/http://www.football-solidaire.com/foot%20malien/joueurs/grands%20joueurs.htm |archive-date=24 November 2011 |df= }}

Touré made several appearances for the senior Mali national football team and participated in the 1972 African Cup of Nations finals, where Mali placed second.{{cite web|author1=Boesenberg, Eric |author2=Stokkermans, Karel |author3=Mazet, François |name-list-style=amp |title=African Nations Cup 1972 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/72a.html |date=6 June 2008 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011115704/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/72a.html |archive-date=11 October 2004 }}{{cite web|publisher=Faso Mali |title=LE FOOTBALL AU MALI |url=http://www.fasomali.com/sports-7/femafoot-34/ |language=French |accessdate=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718173803/http://www.fasomali.com/sports-7/femafoot-34/ |archive-date=18 July 2010 |df= }}