Abdoulaye Touré (footballer)

Abdoulaye Touré
Touré with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Touré[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Nantes, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Le Havre
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)
2021–2023 Genoa 11 (0)
2022 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 10 (0)
2023– Le Havre 41 (5)
International career‡
2010 France U16 1 (0)
2011 France U17 3 (0)
2011 France U18 5 (1)
2013 France U20 3 (0)
2024– Guinea Olympic 4 (0)
2023– Guinea 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Abdoulaye Touré (born 3 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Le Havre. Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.

Early life

Touré was born in Nantes, France, to Guinean parents.

Club career

Born Nantes, France, Touré made his Ligue 1 debut with hometown club Nantes on the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013 against Bastia. He replaced Yohann Eudeline after 62 minutes.

On 30 August 2021 Touré signed a four-year contract with Genoa in Italy.[2] He made his debut with "red & blue Grifoni" on 12 September 2021 in a victorious 3–2 match against Cagliari.

On 21 January 2022, Touré joined Fatih Karagümrük in Turkey on loan.[3] He made his Süper Lig debut on the next day as a substitute in a 5–0 loss to Adana Demirspor.[4]

On 26 July 2023, recently-promoted to Ligue 1 side Le Havre announced the signing of Touré on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[5][6]

International career

Touré is born in France and is of Guinean descent.[7] He was a youth international for France. However, he pledged his international allegiance to Guinea in March 2018.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 November 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National 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 2 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
2020–21 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
Genoa 2021–22 Serie A 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
2022–23 Serie B 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Total 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 10 0 2 0 — — 12 0
Le Havre 2023–24 Ligue 1 30 2 0 0 — — 30 2
2024–25 11 3 0 0 — — 11 3
Total 41 5 0 0 — — 41 5
Career total 313 20 18 0 5 0 0 0 336 20

International

As of match played 15 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea 2023 4 0
2024 8 1
Total 12 1

References

  1. ^ a b c "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2024. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ "ABDOULAYE TOURE', ACQUISTO PER LA MEDIANA" (in Italian). Genoa. 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "TOURE RESMEN KARAGÜMRÜK'TE!" (in Turkish). Fatih Karagümrük. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Adana Demirspor v Fatih Karagümrük game report". Soccerway. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Abdoulaye Touré, nouveau Ciel & Marine!" [Abdoulaye Touré, new Ciel & Marine!]. hac-foot.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Genoa: Abdoulaye Touré signe deux ans au Havre" [Genoa: Abdoulaye Touré signs for two years with Havre]. Africa Top Sports (in French). 26 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. ^ "FC Nantes: Abdoulaye Touré fait son retour dans le groupe". 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 March 2018). "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  9. ^ Abdoulaye Touré at Soccerway


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