Birama Touré
Touré with Mali in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-06) 6 June 1992
Place of birth Kayes, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Riyadh
Number 60
Youth career
0000–2010 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– Al-Riyadh 14 (2)
International career‡
2014– Mali 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2023
‡ 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 for Saudi Professional League side Al-Riyadh. He also plays for the Mali national football team.[1]

Club career

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

Touré has represented the Mali national team internationally.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2021.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beauvais 2010–11 Championnat National 2000——0020
2011–12 16000——00160
Total 18000——00180
Nantes 2012–13 Ligue 2 2613000—00291
2013–14 Ligue 1 3100030—00340
2014–15 100010—0020
2015–16 2303010—00270
Total 8116050—00921
Nantes II 2012–13 CFA 2 20———0020
2013–14 CFA 10———0010
2014–15 30———0030
2015–16 10———0010
Total 70———0070
Brest (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 2 2214000—00261
Standard Liège 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 3100—000031
Total 3100—000031
Auxerre (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 1712100—00192
Auxerre 2017–18 Ligue 2 3703010—00410
2018–19 3000020—00320
2019–20 2502010—00280
2020–21 2801000—00290
Total 1200604000001300
Auxerre II 2018–19 Championnat National 3 30––—0030
Career total 27141819000002985

Honours

Nantes II

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Birama Touré profile". Soccerway. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Birama Touré prêté à Brest". FC Nantes. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Birama Touré quitte le FC Nantes". FC Nantes. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Birama Touré joins the rouches". Standard Liège. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 "OFFICIEL : Birama Touré rejoint l'AJ Auxerre!". AJ Auxerre. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بـ "بيراما توري"".
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