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Kolo Touré | ||
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Full name: | Kolo Habib Touré | |
Date of birth: | 19 March 1981 | |
Place of birth: | Bouaké, ![]() | |
Height: | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
Playing position: | Centre back | |
Youth clubs | ||
1994-2002 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2002–2009 2009–2013 2013–2016 2016–2017 Total |
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225 82 (2) 46 (1) 9 (0) 362 (12) | (9)
National team | ||
2000–2015 | ![]() |
120 | (7)
Teams managed | ||
2022–2023 | ![]() |
Kolo Abib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player. He most recently managed Championship side Wigan Athletic but was dismissed after just 9 games. He previously served as a first team coach at Leicester City as well as a member 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 member of the 03–04 'invincibles' side. In 2009, he moved to Manchester City, where he was joined a year later by his younger brother Yaya Touré, helping City earn its first league title in 44 years. In 2013 Touré transferred to Liverpool. He is one of the eight players who have won the Premier League with two different clubs, having won it with Manchester City and Arsenal. He also won the Scottish Premiership with Celtic.
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 also 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.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
- Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division (2): 2001, 2002
- CAF Super Cup (1): 1999
- Premier League (1): 2003–04
- FA Cup (2): 2002–03, 2004–05
- FA Community Shield (2): 2002, 2004
- Premier League (1): 2011–12
- FA Cup (1): 2010–11
- FA Community Shield (1): 2012
International[]
- Runner-up
- Africa Cup of Nations: 2006, 2012
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