Saikou Touray

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Saikou Touray

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|6|6}}

| birth_place = Tujereng, Gambia{{Cite web|url=https://www.ligue2.fr/joueur|title=Joueur|website=Ligue2}}

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Grenobole

| clubnumber = 70

| youthyears1 = 2016–2019 | youthclubs1 = Superstars Academy FC

| youthyears2 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs2 = →Beitar Netanya (loan)

| years1 = 2019–2022 | clubs1 = Maccabi Haifa | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = → Sektzia Ness Ziona (loan) | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–2022 | clubs4 = → Hapoel Haifa (loan) | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = Grenoble | caps5 = 61 | goals5 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2025–

| nationalteam1 = Gambia

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 11 May 2025

| ntupdate = 18:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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Saikou Touray (born 6 June 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Grenobole in the French Ligue 2, and the Gambia national team.

Career

Touray is a youth product of the Gambian club Superstars Academy FC, and first moved to Israel on loan with Beitar Netanya in 2018. On 12 May 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Maccabi Haifa for five seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=316258|title=יעשה לעצמו שם? הסיפור המוזר של סקו טורה - ספורט 5|website=Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט}} He had successive loans with Sektzia Ness Ziona, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, and Hapoel Haifa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=407990|title=סאקו טורה יחתום בגרנובל ל-3 שנים - ספורט 5|website=Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט}} On 19 July 2022, he transferred to the French Ligue 2 club Grenobole.{{Cite web|url=https://footisere.com/wp/saikou-touray-signe-au-gf38/|title=Saikou Touray signe au GF38 | FOOTISERE.COM}}

International career

Jatta was called up to the Gambia national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in June 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.panafricafootball.com/post/gambia-coach-mckinstry-brings-in-twelve-newcomers-for-equatorial-guinea-and-uganda-friendlies|title=Gambia coach McKinstry brings in twelve newcomers for Equatorial Guinea and Uganda friendlies|first=Adamu|last=Muftawu|date=29 May 2025|website=Pan-Africa Football}}