Zargo Touré
{{short description|Senegalese footballer (born 1989)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Zargo Touré
| image = Toure pdp.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Touré with Dijon in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|11|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pikine, Senegal
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Sporting Dakar
| currentclub = Çorum
| clubnumber = 5
| years1 = 2008–2013
| clubs1 = Boulogne
| caps1 = 111
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = → Le Havre (loan)
| caps2 = 36
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = Le Havre
| caps3 = 73
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–2018
| clubs4 = Lorient
| caps4 = 76
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2018–2019
| clubs5 = Trabzonspor
| caps5 = 27
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2021
| clubs6 = Gençlerbirliği
| caps6 = 55
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2023
| clubs7 = Dijon
| caps7 = 38
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2023–
| clubs8 = Çorum
| caps8 = 67
| goals8 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Senegal U23
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2012–2017
| nationalteam2 = Senegal
| nationalcaps2 = 18
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 15 June 2025
| ntupdate = 23 January 2017
}}
Zargo Touré (born 11 November 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Çorum.{{Soccerway|zargo-toure/47040}}
Club career
Touré was born in Pikine, Senegal. He began his career at homeland club Sporting Dakar in the Senegalese capital.
Touré joined US Boulogne in 2008, after interest from Olympique Marseille and En Avant Guingamp. He was assigned the number 29 shirt. He plays alongside compatriots Ibrahima Sané – whom he lived with, and Mame N'Diaye, who is on loan from Marseille.
On 31 August 2015, Touré joined the French Ligue 1 side Lorient from Le Havre. On 30 January 2016, he scored two goals against Reims in Lorient's 2–0 win . He was also the man of the match.
On 30 July 2018, Touré signed a three-year, 350.000 Euro to Turkey club Trabzonspor.kap.org.tr: [https://www.kap.org.tr/tr/Bildirim/698535 Transfer Görüşmelerinin Sonuçlanması veya Sona Ermesi], retrieved 31 July 2018.
On 28 July 2021, he returned to France and signed a two-year contract with Dijon.{{cite web|publisher=Dijon|url=https://www.dfco.fr/articles/CDD3C1B3-F249-42AD-818D-B1998C6ED525|title=ZARGO TOURÉ POUR 2 ANS AU DFCO !|date=28 July 2021|language=fr}}
International career
Zargo was named to the Senegalese Olympic team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/zargo-toure-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/zargo-toure-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Zargo Toure Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=4 November 2018}} He made all four appearances in the tournament, reaching the quarterfinals.{{FIFA player|353763}}
Touré made his debut for Senegal in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast.
Personal life
Touré holds Senegalese and French nationalities.{{Cite web |title=Zargo TOURE |url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/zargo-toure-16283/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=unfp.org |language=fr}}
References
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External links
- {{Lequipe|29501}}
- [http://www.eurosport.fr/football/person_prs169913.shtml Profile on Eurosport]
- [http://www.noleftfoot.co.uk/Player.php?i=29525 Profile at No Left Foot]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
- [http://www.lavoixdessports.com/USBCO/2008/08/08/article_zargo-toure-on-a-le-potentiel-pour-fair.shtml Interview] (French)
- [http://www.lavoixdessports.com/USBCO/2008/10/13/article_zargo-toure-du-bled-aux-sommets-de-la-l2.shtml Feature] (French)
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Senegalese men's footballers
Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
Category:Senegal men's international footballers
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Trabzonspor footballers
Category:Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
Category:Çorum F.K. footballers
Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Olympic footballers for Senegal
Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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