Kolo Abib Touré ( yield 19 March 1981 ) is an Ivorian professional football passenger car and erstwhile player. He played as a defender for Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Celtic and the Ivory Coast national team. He is presently a beginning team bus at Leicester City vitamin a well as a penis of the coaching staff for the Ivory Coast national team. Beginning his career at ASEC Mimosas, Touré moved to Arsenal in 2002, where he made 326 appearances for the club and was a penis of the 03–04 ‘invincibles ‘ side. In 2009, he moved to Manchester City, where he was joined a year late by his younger buddy, Yaya Touré, helping City earn its first league title in 44 years. In 2013, Touré was transferred to Liverpool. He is one of the eight players who have won the Premier League with two clubs, having won it with Arsenal and Manchester City. He besides won the scots Premiership and Scottish League Cup with Celtic. He remains to date the African player with the most Premier League appearances ( 353 in total ). [ 4 ]
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Touré is the second-most capped player for the Ivory Coast, with 120 appearances from 2000 to 2015. He represented the team at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Touré besides represented the Ivory Coast at seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments between 2002 and 2015, helping them finish runner-up in 2006 and 2012, while winning in 2015 .
Club career [edit ]
arsenal [edit ]
Touré with a new fan Born in Bouaké, [ 1 ] Touré joined Premier League team Arsenal from ASEC Mimosas on a long-run narrow for a fee of £150,000 on 14 February 2002 after a abruptly test. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His condition as a wax international mean Touré was able to secure a british solve permit. Touré did not make his debut for the first team until the adjacent season, against Liverpool in the FA Community Shield in August 2002. [ 7 ] initially regarded as a utility program actor, he started his Arsenal career as a defensive midfielder angstrom well as in right back. He scored his first gear Arsenal goal at Stamford Bridge in a 1–1 draw against Chelsea. [ 8 ] Arsenal failed to retain the Premiership crown that season, but Touré made a big step in his career however, winning the FA Cup as an unused substitute in the final. At the start of the 2003–04 season, Wenger began using Touré as a central defender alongside Sol Campbell. He formed an effective partnership with Campbell and had a great season during which Arsenal were undefeated in the league, claiming the claim. Having previously been a striker or attacking midfielder, he made a reputation for himself as being an attacking defender, although he only scored one goal and had one help. Touré was in and out of the Arsenal team during the 2004–05 season, battling for a inaugural team place with the likes of Philippe Senderos and Pascal Cygan to play aboard Sol Campbell in defense. Touré ended the season with a FA Cup winners medal playing 50 times for Arsenal that season and scoring one finish. His lone finish of the 2004–05 season came in the 90th moment of Arsenal ‘s UEFA Champions League last 16 round tie against Bayern Munich of Germany. Arsenal lost the game 3–1. Touré established himself as a permanent fixture in the Arsenal starting XI. In the 2005–06 season, he established a formidable defensive partnership with Senderos. Both center backs helped the Arsenal team reach the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final after keeping 10 consecutive clean sheets ( a european contest record ). Touré scored his second base european goal on 19 April 2006, the winner in the first branch of the Champions League semi-final against Villarreal CF. It was the final european goal scored at Highbury and the goal that efficaciously decided the tie ( Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate ), to send Arsenal through to their first base ever Champions League Final, in Paris, France. 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. [ citation needed ] 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 base time on 9 January 2007 during a 6–3 victory over Liverpool in the League Cup. He besides led the Gunners out for the final of this rival, having besides captained them in the semi-final first base leg against Tottenham Hotspur. He became the longest-serving member of the current Arsenal squad following the departures of Jérémie Aliadière, Thierry Henry and Freddie Ljungberg during the summer transfer window in 2007. He besides 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 exempt recoil in a peer against Bolton Wanderers, where his tear was low and went under two Bolton players and meter Jussi Jääskeläinen. however, during the Africa Cup of Nations, he suffered an injury and looked a piece out of place when he returned and then injured himself again in the Champions League against A.C. Milan when he blocked Alexandre Pato ‘s blast with his leg and was carried off the pitch after treatment. Touré returned to the starting batting order against Middlesbrough on 15 March and scored the equalize goal for Arsenal in the concluding 10 minutes. On 13 April 2009, Touré demanded a motion away from Arsenal after a think of bust-up with defensive collaborator Gallas. He reportedly handed in a transfer request which was later turned down by Arsenal president Peter Hill-Wood. [ 9 ] however, Touré temporarily reversed his decisiveness and committed to the Gunners at least until the summer. [ 10 ]
Manchester City [edit ]
Touré celebrating Manchester City ‘s Premier League victory in 2012. After much transfer guess, it was announced on 28 July 2009 that Manchester City had agreed a fee of £14 million for Touré. After he successfully passed a aesculapian in Manchester on 29 July 2009, Touré signed a four-year shrink with the club which had the option of extending it to five years. [ 11 ] City, who had finished 10th the previous season, had made a number of high-profile signings in readiness for the 2009–10 season, and Touré hoped to help make City a top four team. [ 12 ] He was appointed the club captain by Mark Hughes. He scored his first goal for Manchester City in a 2–1 League Cup win over Fulham on 23 September 2009. [ 13 ] He scored his inaugural league goal for City against Burnley on 7 November 2009. [ 14 ] Manchester City finished the temper in fifth placement, losing out to Tottenham Hotspur by merely three points. On 2 July 2010, Kolo Touré was joined by his brother Yaya at Manchester City following a transfer believed to be worth around £24 million. [ 15 ] At the beginning of the 2010–11 temper, Roberto Mancini took away the captain ‘s armband from Touré and gave it to Carlos Tevez. however, he remained region of Mancini ‘s plans and was a first team regular in defense. He was sent off in Manchester City ‘s 2–1 get the better of to Everton on 20 December 2010, helping to deny City the luck to top the Premier League table on Christmas. [ 16 ] On 15 January 2011, Touré scored the inaugural goal in a 4–3 acquire for the Citizens which sent them to the top of the league table. [ 17 ] On 3 March 2011, it was revealed that Touré had failed a drug test and had been suspended. The World Anti-Doping Agency imposed a 6-month suspension from football effective 2 March 2011. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In the 2011–12 season, Touré was used as a police squad player, making 14 league appearances as Manchester City won a league title for the first clock in 44 years .
liverpool [edit ]
Touré with Liverpool in 2013. On 28 May 2013, Liverpool announced that an agreement had been reached in principle to sign Touré on a unblock transportation from Manchester City. On 2 July he was unveiled as Liverpool ‘s beginning sign language of the window and was handed the number 4 shirt. [ 21 ] He signed a biennial contract. On 13 July 2013, he made his debut for Liverpool in a 4–0 acquire in a preseason friendly over Preston North End. [ 22 ] He made his Premier League debut for Liverpool on 17 August 2013 in a 1–0 victory over Stoke City at Anfield. [ 23 ] On 2 February 2014, in a peer against West Bromwich Albion he made a costly mistake, passing the ball straight to Victor Anichebe, who scored an counterweight. [ 24 ] On 12 February 2014, he scored an own-goal in a peer against Fulham, which finally Liverpool won thanks to a late penalty from skipper Steven Gerrard. [ 25 ] On 1 March 2015, he came on as an 83rd-minute alternate against Manchester City, marking the first gear time he and his buddy Yaya, who started the match for City, faced each other in a competitive match. [ 26 ] [ 27 ]
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Touré scored his first Liverpool goal on 14 February 2016, heading in Jordan Henderson ‘s corner kick to confirm a 6–0 win away to bottom side Aston Villa. It was his first goal in any peer since January 2011, and he celebrated wildly. [ 28 ] At the end of the 2015–16 season, Touré was released. [ 29 ]
celtic [edit ]
On 24 July 2016, Touré reunited with former coach Brendan Rodgers when he joined Celtic on a annual sign. [ 30 ] He made his debut on 3 August 2016, coming on as a substitute in the second half of Celtic ‘s 2–1 winnings over FC Astana in a Champions League qualifier. [ 31 ] He made 20 appearances as Celtic completed an unbeaten domestic season, winning a ternary of League, Cup and League Cup. [ 32 ] Touré was not offered a raw play contract at the conclusion of the 2016/17 season. [ 32 ] In September 2017, Touré announced his retirement and took up a coach function with Celtic. [ 33 ]
International career [edit ]
Touré made his debut for Ivory Coast in April 2000 against Rwanda. [ 34 ] He played in all five games for the Ivory Coast 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 team 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 the Ivory Coast ‘s 2–1 loss to Argentina. He has scored three goals for the Ivory Coast to date, two of them headers against Guinea and Gabon one against Japan, a 20-yard shot from outside the penalty sphere that flew into the top corner of the goal. Touré was named for the Ivory Coast for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was the captain in the team ‘s first bet on vanadium. Portugal due to Didier Drogba ‘s injury, which kept him benched. In December 2014, Touré announced his purpose to retire from international football after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 34 ] He played his final crippled in the final of the tournament on 8 February 2015, where Ivory Coast beat Ghana 9–8 on penalties after the game ended 0–0. He took the seventh penalty for Ivory Coast, which he scored. [ 35 ] On 15 February 2015, he confirmed his retirement from international duty. [ 36 ]
Coaching career [edit ]
On 9 August 2017, the Ivorian Football Federation appointed Touré as a new extremity of their coach staff for the african Nations Championship and under-23 team. [ 37 ] He joined Celtic ‘s coaching staff as a technical assistant in September 2017. [ 38 ] In February 2019, Brendan Rodgers left Celtic for Leicester City, and Touré besides joined Leicester as a beginning team coach. [ 39 ]
personal life [edit ]
He is the older brother of Ibrahim Touré and Yaya Touré. Ibrahim died of cancer in 2014, aged 28. They besides have a baby, Belinda. [ 40 ] Touré is a Muslim and observes fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan, stating that “ It does n’t affect me physically. It makes me stronger. You can do it when you believe thus powerfully in something. A normal human can be without water system for much longer than one day. ” [ 41 ] Touré is married to Awo. As of 2011, they had a son and a daughter. [ 42 ]
career statistics [edit ]
baseball club [edit ]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup[a]
League Cup[b]
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Arsenal
2002–03[43]
Premier League
26
2
5
0
1
0
7[c]
0
1[d]
0
40
2
2003–04[44]
Premier League
37
1
5
2
2
0
10[c]
0
1[d]
0
55
3
2004–05[45]
Premier League
35
0
6
0
0
0
8[c]
1
1[d]
0
50
1
2005–06[46]
Premier League
33
0
0
0
0
0
12[c]
1
1[d]
0
46
1
2006–07[47]
Premier League
35
3
4
1
4
0
10[c]
0
—
53
4
2007–08[48]
Premier League
30
2
2
0
0
0
9[c]
0
—
41
2
2008–09[49]
Premier League
29
1
3
0
0
0
9[c]
0
—
41
1
Total
225
9
25
3
7
0
65
2
4
0
326
14
Manchester City
2009–10[50]
Premier League
31
1
1
0
3
1
—
—
35
2
2010–11[51]
Premier League
22
1
2
0
0
0
5[e]
0
—
29
1
2011–12[52]
Premier League
14
0
0
0
3
0
3[f]
0
—
20
0
2012–13[53]
Premier League
15
0
2
0
1
0
—
0
0
18
0
Total
82
2
5
0
7
1
8
0
0
0
102
3
Liverpool
2013–14[54]
Premier League
20
0
2
0
2
0
—
—
24
0
2014–15[55]
Premier League
12
0
3
0
3
0
3[g]
0
—
21
0
2015–16[56]
Premier League
14
1
0
0
4
0
8[e]
0
—
26
1
Total
46
1
5
0
9
0
11
0
0
0
71
1
Celtic
2016–17[57]
Scottish Premiership
9
0
1
0
1
0
6[c]
0
—
17
0
Career total
362
12
36
3
24
1
90
2
4
0
516
18
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year[58]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Ivory Coast
2000
1
0
2001
10
0
2002
5
0
2003
4
0
2004
7
1
2005
9
0
2006
12
1
2007
8
0
2008
11
0
2009
6
0
2010
13
2
2011
3
1
2012
14
1
2013
5
0
2014
5
1
2015
8
0
Total
120
7
- Scores and results list Ivory Coast’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal.[58]
Honours [edit ]
Arsenal
Manchester City
Liverpool
Celtic
Ivory Coast
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2015[70]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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