Yaya Touré | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Gnégnéri Yaya Touré | |
Date of birth | 13 May 1983 | |
Place of birth | Bouaké, Ivory Coast | |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Tottenham Hotspur (academy coach) | |
Youth clubs | ||
1996-2001 | ASEC Mimosas | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2010 2010–2018 2018 2019–2020 Total |
Beveren Metalurh Donetsk Olympiacos Monaco Barcelona Manchester City Olympiacos Qingdao Huanghai |
33 (3) 26 (3) 27 (5) 74 (4) 230 (59) 2 (0) 14 (2) 470 (82) | 70 (3)
National team | ||
2004–2015 | Ivory Coast | 101 (19) |
Teams managed | ||
2021 2021 |
Olimpik Donetsk (assistant) Akhmat Grozny (assistant) |
Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (born 13 May 1983), commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for and captained the Ivory Coast. He is currently an academy coach at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Touré is renowned for combining great vision, passing ability, and physical power with technique. A versatile player, he aspired to be a striker during his youth and has played centre back, including for FC Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. He frequently plays as a box-to-box midfielder for club and country and often switches from defensive and offensive positions throughout matches. Touré began his playing career at Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas, where he made his debut aged 18. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
His performances attracted attention from Europe, playing for clubs in various European leagues. Touré played for Beveren in Belgium, Metalurh Donetsk in Ukraine, Olympiacos in Greece, and AS Monaco in France. In 2007, Touré moved to Barcelona, playing over 100 matches for the club and was part of the historic 2009 Barcelona team which won six trophies in one calendar year.
Yaya Touré then moved to Premier League club Manchester City in 2010, where he has since scored a number of key goals for the Citizens – most notably the only goals in the 2011 FA Cup semi-final and Final. Touré has a distinguished international career with 82 caps for Ivory Coast, representing the team in their first appearance in a FIFA World Cup, in the 2006 competition, in 2010 and in 2014. He is the younger brother of his Ivory Coast teammate Kolo Touré. They also played together at Manchester City for 3 years, before Kolo was transferred to Liverpool in 2013.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
ASEC Mimosas
- Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 2001
Olympiacos
- Super League Greece: 2005–06
- Greek Cup: 2005–06
Barcelona
- La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10
- Copa del Rey: 2008–09
- Supercopa de España: 2009
- UEFA Champions League: 2008–09
- UEFA Super Cup: 2009
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2009
Manchester City
- Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18
- FA Cup: 2010–11; 2012–13
- Football League Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16
- FA Community Shield: 2012, Runner-up: 2011, 2014
Qingdao Huanghai
- China League One: 2019
International[]
Ivory Coast
Individual[]
- African Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- ESM Team of the Year: 2013–14
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- FA Community Shield Man of The Match: 2012
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2013
Manchester City Player of the Year: 2014
External links[]
- Yaya Touré profile at Soccerbase
- Yaya Touré profile Goal.com
- Yaya Touré profile FC Barcelona
- Yaya Touré profile Manchester City
- Yaya Touré at National-Football-Teams.com
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Ivory Coast – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Group stage (G) |
1. Barry 2. Angoua 3. Boka 4. Kolo Touré 5. Zokora 6. Gohouri 7. Doumbia 8. Kalou 9. Tioté 10. Gervinho 11. Drogba 12. Gosso 13. Romaric 14. Koné 15. Dindane 16. Zogbo 17. Tiéné 18. Keïta 19. Touré Yaya 20. Demel 21. Eboué 22. Bamba 23. Yeboah Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson |
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Ivory Coast – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage |
1. Barry 2. Viera 3. Boka 4. K. Touré 5. Zokora 6. Bolly 7. Akpa-Akpro 8. Kalou 9. Tioté 10. Gervinho 11. Drogba (c) 12. Bony 13. Ya Konan 14. Diomandé 15. Gradel 16. Gbohouo 17. Aurier 18. Djakpa 19. Y. Touré 20. Die 21. Sio 22. Bamba 23. Mandé Manager: Sabri Lamouchi |
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