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Kolo Touré
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Full name: Kolo Habib Touré
Date of birth: 19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 43)
Place of birth:    Bouaké, Flag of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position: Centre back
Youth clubs
1994-2002 Flag of Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2002–2009
2009–2013
2013–2016
2016–2017
Total
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of England Manchester City
Flag of England Liverpool
Flag of Scotland Celtic
225 00(9)
082 00(2)
046 00(1)
0000(0)
362 0(12)   
National team
2000–2015 Flag of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 120 00(7)
Teams managed
2022–2023 Flag of England Wigan Athletic

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[]

ASEC Mimosas

  • Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division (2): 2001, 2002
  • CAF Super Cup (1): 1999

Arsenal

Manchester City

International[]

Ivory Coast

Runner-up

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