| Birama Touré | |
| Birth Date: | 6 June 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Kayes, Mali |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | –2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Beauvais |
| Years1: | 2010–2012 |
| Caps1: | 18 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Beauvais |
| Years2: | 2012–2016 |
| Caps2: | 81 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Clubs2: | Nantes |
| Years3: | 2012–2016 |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Nantes II |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Clubs4: | → Brest (loan) |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Clubs5: | Standard Liège |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Caps6: | 17 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Clubs6: | → Auxerre (loan) |
| Years7: | 2017–2023 |
| Caps7: | 212 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Clubs7: | Auxerre |
| Years8: | 2019 |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | Auxerre II |
| Years9: | 2023–2024 |
| Caps9: | 33 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Clubs9: | Al-Riyadh |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam1: | Mali |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 27 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 09:09, 22 July 2020 (UTC) |
Birama Touré (born 6 June 1992) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He also plays for the Mali national football team.[1]
Touré's career started in 2010 with his youth club Beauvais, he participated in 18 matches during 2010–11 and 2011–12 in Championnat National.[1] In 2012, Touré joined Ligue 2 side Nantes.[1] He made his debut for Nantes on 4 August 2012 against Nîmes, whilst scoring his first goal for them on 22 October versus Dijon.[1] Touré played 58 times for Nantes in his first three seasons, including 26 apps in his debut season as the club won promotion to Ligue 1; he has also played 7 times for the club's reserve team.[1] In November 2014, Touré signed for Ligue 2 team Brest on loan for the 2014–15 Ligue 2 season.[2] He scored once in twenty-two league games before returning to Nantes.[1]
On 1 July 2016, Touré completed a transfer to Belgian First Division A club Standard Liège and subsequently made his debut on 19 August in a league draw with Charleroi.[1] [3] [4] In his second league appearance, versus Club Brugge, he scored his first Standard Liège goal.[1] On 16 January 2017, Touré left to join Ligue 2 side Auxerre on loan.[5]
On 22 July 2023, Touré joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.[6]
Touré has represented the Mali national team internationally.[5]
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| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Beauvais | 2010–11 | Championnat National | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Nantes | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 81 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1 | ||||
| Nantes II | 2012–13 | CFA 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | CFA | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Brest (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Standard Liège | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Auxerre (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Auxerre | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 120 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0 | |||
| Auxerre II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 271 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 5 | |||
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