El Bilal Touré
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001
Place of birth Adjamé, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 10
Youth career
Ivoire Académie
2016–2020 Afrique Football Élite
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Reims II 2 (2)
2020–2022 Reims 64 (9)
2022–2023 Almería 21 (7)
2023– Atalanta 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Mali U20 15 (7)
2019 Mali U23 1 (0)
2020– Mali 15 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022

El Bilal Touré (born 3 October 2001) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Atalanta and the Mali national team.

Club career

Reims

On 3 January 2020, Touré signed his first professional contract with Reims.[1] He made his professional debut in a 4–1 Ligue 1 win over Angers on 1 February 2020, and scored Reims' first goal in the game.[2]

Almería

On 1 September 2022, Touré moved to La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.[3] On 26 February 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Barcelona, to be his club's first ever win against the latter.[4]

Atalanta

Touré signed for Serie A club Atalanta on 29 July 2023.[5] His reported transfer fee of €30 million was the most expensive in the club's history.[6]

International career

Touré won the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations with the Mali U20s.[7] He debuted with the senior Mali national team in a 3–0 friendly win over Ghana on 9 October 2020, scoring on his debut.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims II 2019–20 Championnat National 2 22——22
Reims 2019–20 Ligue 1 7300—73
2020–21 Ligue 1 334102[lower-alpha 2]0364
2021–22 Ligue 1 21210—222
2022–23 Ligue 1 30——30
Total 6492020689
Almería 2022–23 La Liga 21710—227
Atalanta 2023–24 Serie A 00000000
Career total 871830209218

International

As of match played 16 November 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 202032
202160
202263
Total155
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal.
List of international goals scored by El Bilal Touré
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 October 2020Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey Ghana2–03–0Friendly
213 November 2020Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Namibia1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
34 June 2022Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Congo2–04–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
43–0
523 September 2022Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Zambia1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Mali U20

References

  1. ↑ "Reims recrute El Bilal Touré, champion d'Afrique U20 avec le Mali" (in French). 4 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Angers SCO vs. Reims - 1 February 2020". Soccerway.
  3. ↑ "UD Almería bring in promising striker El Bilal Touré". UD Almería. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Almeria 1-0 Barcelona". as.com. 26 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "El Bilal Touré is an Atalanta player!". Atalanta BC. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Young, Peter (29 July 2023). "Official: Atalanta announce Toure signing from Almeria". Football Italia. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (2 February 2020). "Reims : des débuts records pour la recrue malienne El Bilal Touré !".
  8. ↑ "Mali vs. Ghana - 9 October 2020". Soccerway.
  9. ↑ "E. Touré". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.


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