Kolo Touré CV
Kolo Touré
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| Personal information |
| Full name | Kolo Habib Touré[1] |
| Date of birth | 19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 29) |
| Place of birth | Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Playing position | Defender |
| Club information |
| Current club | Manchester City |
| Number | 28 |
| Senior career* |
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2002 | Mimosas |
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| 2002–2009 | Arsenal | 225 | (9) |
| 2009– | Manchester City | 31 | (1) |
| National team‡ |
| 2000– | Côte d'Ivoire | 84 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:38, 5 July 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 25 June 2010 (UTC) |
Kolo Habib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an
Ivorian professional
footballer who currently plays for
Premier League club
Manchester City and is the current club captain, and also plays internationally for the
Ivorian national team. Touré is a
central defender. He is the older brother of
Manchester City midfielder
Yaya Touré and
Smouha's Ibrahim Touré.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Arsenal
Born in
Bouake, Touré joined
Premier League team
Arsenal in February 2002 from
ASEC Mimosas for a
fee of £150,000 after a short trial. His status as a full international meant Touré was able to secure an English work permit.
[edit] 2002–03 season
Touré did not make his debut for the
first team until the next season, against
Liverpool in the
FA Community Shield in August 2002.
[2] Initially regarded as a utility player, he started his Arsenal career as a
midfielder as well as in right back. He scored his first Arsenal goal at
Stamford Bridge in a 1–1 draw against
Chelsea.
[3] Arsenal failed to retain the Premiership crown that season, but Touré made a big step in his career nonetheless, winning the
FA Cup as an unused substitute in the
final.
[edit] 2003–04 season
At the start of the 2003–04 season, Wenger began using Touré as a central defender alongside
Sol Campbell. He formed a terrific partnership with Campbell, and had a great season when Arsenal went undefeated for the entire season. He, having previously been a striker or attacking midfielder, made a reputation for himself as being an attacking defender, although he only scored one goal and had one assist; he was very enthusiastic with his runs forward and from set-pieces.
[edit] 2004–05 season
Touré was in and out of the Arsenal team during the 2004–05 season, battling for a first team place with the likes of
Phillipe Senderos and
Pascal Cygan to play alongside
Sol Campbell in defence. Touré ended the season with a FA Cup winners medal playing 50 times for Arsenal that season and scoring one goal. His only goal of the 2004–05 season came in the 90th minute of Arsenal's
UEFA Champions League last 16 round tie against
Bayern Munich of
Germany. Arsenal lost the game 3–1.
[edit] 2005–06 season
Touré quickly established himself as one of the best centre backs in the Premier League.
[citation needed] He established himself as a permanent fixture in the Arsenal starting XI, and a firm fan favourite. In the
2005–06 season, he established a formidable defensive partnership with Senderos. Both centre backs had immaculate form towards the end of the season, helping the Arsenal team reach the
2006 Champions League Final after keeping 10 consecutive clean sheets (a European competition record).
Touré scored his second European goal on 19 April 2006, the winner in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against
Villarreal CF. It was the final European goal scored at
Highbury and the goal that effectively decided the tie (Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate), to send Arsenal through to their first ever Champions League Final in
Paris,
France.
[edit] 2006–07 season
Touré was handed the
number 5 shirt for the 2006–07 season, which had been vacant since the departure of
Martin Keown. In
August 2006, Touré signed a new four-year deal with Arsenal worth
around £70,000 a week.
[edit] 2007–08 season
Touré captaining Arsenal during a match in the 2007–08 season
Touré was the junior
vice-captain in the 2006–07 season after former
vice-captain Gilberto Silva and former captain
Thierry Henry. He captained Arsenal for the first time on 9 January 2007 during a 6–3 victory over
Liverpool in the
League Cup. He also led the Gunners out for the final of this competition, having also captained them in the semi-final first leg against
Tottenham Hotspur. He became the longest-serving member of the current Arsenal squad following the departures of
Jeremie Aliadiere, Thierry Henry, and
Fredrik Ljungberg during the summer transfer window in 2007. He also captained Arsenal in a string of games early in the 2007–08 season after captain
William Gallas was injured in the game against
Blackburn Rovers. He scored a free kick in a match against
Bolton Wanderers, where his shot was low and went under two Bolton players and beat
Jussi Jääskeläinen. However, during the
Africa Cup of Nations, he suffered an injury and looked a bit out of place when he returned, and then injured himself again in the Champions League against
AC Milan when he blocked
Alexandre Pato's shot with his leg, and was carried off the pitch after treatment. Touré returned to the starting lineup against
Middlesbrough on 15 March and scored the equalising goal for Arsenal in the final 10 minutes.
[edit] 2008–09 season
On 1 January 2009, Touré demanded a move away from Arsenal after a reputed bust-up with defensive partner Gallas. He reportedly handed in a transfer request which was later turned down by Arsenal chairman
Peter Hill-Wood.
[4] However, Touré temporarily reversed his decision and committed to the Gunners at least until the summer.
[5]
[edit] Manchester City
[edit] 2009–10 season
After much transfer speculation, it was announced on 28 July 2009 that
Manchester City had agreed a fee of £14 million for Touré. After he successfully passed a medical in Manchester on 29 July 2009, Touré signed a four-year contract with the club of which has the option of extending by a further five years.
[6] City, who finished 10th the previous season, had made a number high-profile signings in preparation for the
2009–10 season, and Touré hoped to help make City a top four team.
[7] He was appointed the club captain by former manager, Mark Hughes. He scored his first goal for Manchester City in a 2–1 League Cup win over Fulham on 23 September 2009.
[8] He scored his first league goal for City against Burnley on 7 November 2009.
[9] Manchester City finished the season in fifth position losing out to
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. by just three points.
[edit] International career
Touré has played for
Côte d'Ivoire since 2000. His debut was in April 2000 against
Rwanda. He played in all five games for the Côte d'Ivoire as they finished runners up to the hosts in the
African Cup of Nations in
Egypt in January 2006.
He was named in the 23-man squad taken by coach
Henri Michel to the
2006 FIFA World Cup and made his first appearance in a
FIFA World Cup on 11 June 2006 in Côte d'Ivoire's 2–1 loss to
Argentina. He has scored three goals for the Ivory Coast in his 78 caps to date, two of them headers against
Gabon (H) and
Tajikistan (A) and one against
Japan, a 20 yard shot from outside the penalty area that flew into the top corner of the goal.
Touré was named for
Côte d'Ivoire national football team for the
2010 FIFA World Cup and was the captain in the team's first game vs.
Portugal due to
Didier Drogba's injury,which kept him on the bench.
[edit] International goals
[edit] Career statistics
- (Correct as of 21 April 2010)
| Club | Season | League | Cup* | Europe | Total |
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
| Arsenal | 2002–03 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007–08 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008–09 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 225 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 326 | 14 | 12 |
| Manchester City | 2009–10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| Career total | 252 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 357 | 17 | 13 |
(* FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield)
[edit] Personal life
Touré, a practicing Muslim, lives with wife Awo, daughter Sania and son Yiassin.
[10] He is the older brother of teammate
Yaya Touré and
Al-Ittihad striker
Ibrahim Touré.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Mimosas
[edit] Arsenal
Winner
Runner-up
[edit] International
Runner-up
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| [show] Côte d'Ivoire Squads |
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Gabon
Tajikistan
Japan
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