Birama Touré
![]() Touré with Mali in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 June 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Kayes, Mali | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | Beauvais | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Beauvais | 18 | (0) |
2012–2016 | Nantes | 81 | (1) |
2012–2016 | Nantes II | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Brest (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Standard Liège | 3 | (1) |
2017 | → Auxerre (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2017–2023 | Auxerre | 212 | (4) |
2019 | Auxerre II | 3 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Al-Riyadh | 33 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2014– | Mali | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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]
Club career
[edit]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]
International career
[edit]Touré has represented the Mali national team internationally.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 1 July 2021.[1]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | 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 |
- ^ Includes the Coupe de France and Belgian Cup.
- ^ Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.
- ^ Includes the UEFA Europa League.
Honours
[edit]Nantes II
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Birama Touré profile". Soccerway. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Birama Touré prêté à Brest". FC Nantes. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Birama Touré quitte le FC Nantes". FC Nantes. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Birama Touré joins the rouches". Standard Liège. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ a b "OFFICIEL : Birama Touré rejoint l'AJ Auxerre!". AJ Auxerre. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بـ "بيراما توري"". Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Birama Touré at Soccerway
- Birama Touré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Birama Touré at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Malian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Mali men's international footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Saudi Pro League players
- AS Beauvais Oise players
- FC Nantes players
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- Standard Liège players
- AJ Auxerre players
- Al-Riyadh SC players
- Malian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- People from Kayes
- 21st-century Malian people