Mohamed Kader Explained

Mohamed Kader Touré
Fullname:Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré[1]
Birth Date:8 April 1979
Birth Place:Sokodé, Togo
Height:1.74 m
Position:Forward
Years1:1995–1997
Clubs1:Étoile Filante de Lomé
Caps1:23
Goals1:27
Years2:1997–1998
Clubs2:CA Bizertin
Caps2:24
Goals2:16
Years3:1998–2002
Clubs3:Parma
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1999–2000
Clubs4:Lugano (loan)
Caps4:8
Goals4:0
Years5:2000–2001
Clubs5:Al Ahli Tripoli (loan)
Caps5:29
Goals5:17
Years6:2002
Clubs6:Vicenza
Caps6:4
Goals6:0
Years7:2002–2004
Clubs7:Servette
Caps7:73
Goals7:29
Years8:2004–2005
Clubs8:Sochaux
Caps8:20
Goals8:1
Years9:2005–2008
Clubs9:Guingamp
Caps9:38
Goals9:1
Years10:2006–2007
Clubs10:Al Jazira (loan)
Caps10:9
Goals10:7
Years11:2008–2009
Clubs11:Al Dhafra
Caps11:10
Goals11:13
Years12:2010–2011
Clubs12:Ajman
Caps12:13
Goals12:9
Years13:2012–2014
Clubs13:Sochaux B
Caps13:71
Goals13:18
Totalcaps:322
Totalgoals:138
Nationalyears1:1995–2010
Nationalteam1:Togo
Nationalcaps1:61
Nationalgoals1:13

Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré (born 8 April 1979) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

After starting with Étoile Filante de Lomé, he left Togo for CA Bizertin (Tunisia) before landing at AC Parma in Italy in 1998, from where he had loan spells at clubs in Switzerland, Egypt and Italy. In 2003–04 he scored 19 goals in 35 matches for Swiss outfit Servette FC and was elected best Togolese player abroad. Kader also played for En Avant Guingamp in France but left the club in the summer of 2008.

International career

Kader's star rose in his home country after he scored the late winner in the 1998 African Cup of Nations match against Ghana, thus securing the Togo national team's first ever win at the tournament. The forward later played in the 2000 and 2002 editions, as well as featuring in Togo's disappointing campaign in Egypt in 2006.

He helped Togo reach the 2006 World Cup, their first World Cup ever. He further scored the team's first and only World Cup goal in a loss to South Korea.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo . FIFA . 28 . 21 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf . 10 June 2019.
  2. Web site: South Korea 2-1 Togo. 13 June 2006. BBC Sport. 10 March 2021.