Abdoulaye Touré (born 3 March 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie B club Genoa.
![]() Touré with Nantes in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Nantes, France | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Genoa | ||
Number | 94 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2006 | USSA Vertou | ||
2006–2013 | Nantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Nantes II | 74 | (5) |
2013–2021 | Nantes | 144 | (9) |
2014–2015 | → Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2021– | Genoa | 8 | (0) |
2022 | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | France U16 | 1 | (0) |
2011 | France U17 | 3 | (0) |
2011 | France U18 | 5 | (1) |
2013 | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2013 |
Touré was born in Nantes, France, to Guinean parents. They was from Touba, Boké Region.
Born Nantes, France, Touré made his Ligue 1 debut with hometown club FC Nantes on the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013 against SC Bastia. He replaced Yohann Eudeline after 62 minutes.
On 30 August 2021 Abdoulaye signed a 4-year contract with Genoa in Italy.[1] He made his debut with "red & blue Grifoni" on 12 September 2021 in a victorious 3–2 match against Cagliari.
On 21 January 2022, he joined Fatih Karagümrük in Turkey on loan.[2] He made his Süper Lig debut on the next day as a substitute in a 0–5 loss to Adana Demirspor.[3]
Touré is born in France and is of Guinean descent.[4] He was a youth international for France. However, he pledged his international allegiance to Guinea in March 2018.[5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nantes B | 2012–13 | National 3 | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | CFA | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
2014–15 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||||
2015–16 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||||
2016–17 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
Total | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 5 | ||
Nantes | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||||
2018–19 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
Total | 144 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 9 | ||
Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie II (loan) | 2014–15 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie (loan) | 2014–15 | National | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
Career totals | 230 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 15 |
Genoa C.F.C. – current squad | |
---|---|
|
![]() ![]() | This biographical article related to association football in France, about a forward born in the 1990s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |