Almamy Touré Explained

Almamy Touré
Birth Date:28 April 1996
Birth Place:Bamako, Mali
Height:1.83 m[1]
Position:Right-back
Currentclub:1. FC Kaiserslautern
Clubnumber:6
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–
Clubs4:1. FC Kaiserslautern
Caps4:11
Goals4:1
Nationalyears1:2019
Nationalteam1:France U21
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2023–
Nationalteam2:Mali
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update:22 May 2024
Nationalteam-Update:18 June 2023

Almamy Touré (born 28 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the Mali national team.

Club career

Monaco

Touré is a youth exponent from AS Monaco.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 31 January 2019, Touré joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[5] Toure struggled with injuries during the 2022–23 season, making just five starts.[6] At the end of the 2023 season, Toure departed Eintracht Frankfurt and became a free agent.[7]

1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 15 November 2023, Touré joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a contract until the end of the season.[8]

International career

Though Touré did not possess French nationality until 2018, when he obtained it and appeared for the France under-21 national team.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

[11]

Club!rowspan="2"
SeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco2014–15Ligue 15121001082
2015–16103100020133
2016–17150304050270
2017–1820120103010271
2018–19400000100050
Total545815012010806
Eintracht Frankfurt2018–19Bundesliga7000000070
2019–201913070291
2020–2117110181
2021–221000081181
2022–23701080
Total6025015100803
Kaiserlautern2023–242. Bundesliga11141152
Career total1258172502711017511

Honours

Monaco

2016–17

Eintracht Frankfurt

2021–22

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Almamy Touré . 3 August 2022 . Eintracht Frankfurt.
  2. Web site: Four youngsters to watch . asmonaco.com . 19 April 2015 .
  3. Web site: Nice vs. Monaco - 20 February 2014 - Soccerway. soccerway.com. 20 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Touré signs contract extension until 2019. AS Monaco FC. 3 June 2015. 19 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005132051/http://www.asmonaco.com/en/article/toure-signs-contract-extension-until-2019-68085.html. 5 October 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Almamy Touré verstärkt die Eintracht-Verteidigung. Eintracht Frankfurt. German. 31 January 2019. 31 January 2019. 12 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412060435/https://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/almamy-toure-verstaerkt-die-eintracht-verteidigung-70421/. dead.
  6. Web site: ALMAMY TOURE - Soccer News . FOX Sports . 22 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Almamy Touré to depart . 22 October 2023.
  8. Web site: FCK VERSTÄRKT DEFENSIVE MIT ALMAMY TOURÉ. FCK STRENGTHENS DEFENSE WITH ALMAMY TOURÉ. German. fck.de. 15 November 2023. 15 November 2023.
  9. Web site: Almamy Touré : " France ou Mali ? Quand je serai Français, je ferai mon choix ". Mali actu. 3 June 2015. 14 November 2017.
  10. News: Holly . Percival . Everton's Doucoure to play for Mali after switching allegiance from France . The Athletic . The Athletic Media Company . 22 March 2022 . 12 May 2022 .
  11. Web site: A.Touré. Soccerway. 27 June 2016.