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}}

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