Alioune Touré

Alioune Touré
Personal information
Full name	Alioune Kissima Touré
Date of birth	9 September 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth	Saint-Denis, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
	INF Clairefontaine
	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2001	Nantes
2001–2002	Manchester City
2002–2004	Paris Saint-Germain
2004–2005	→ Guingamp (loan)
2005–2007	União de Leiria
2007–2008	Dubai CSC
2008–2009	Olympiakos Nicosia
2009–2010	Paris FC
National team
1997	France U18
1998	France U21
Teams managed
2012–	Shanghai Shenhua (Coach)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alioune Kissima Touré (born 9 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward or as a winger.

Playing career[]

Born in Saint-Denis, Alioune started his career in 1996 with FC Nantes and signed his first professional contract in 1997. During his 7 seasons with the club, he became Ligue 1 winner in 2001 (to which he contributed 15 appearances)^[1] and twice a winner of the Coupe de France in 1999 and 2000.

Alioune Toure was then transferred to Manchester City with whom he won the Championship gaining promotion to the Premier League.

In 2002, he signed with Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract where he was finalist of the Coupe de France in 2003 before winning it in 2004.

He then played for the Portuguese club União de Leiria between 2005 and 2007 and in Qatar for Dubai CSC in 2008. Back in Europe in 2009, he pursued his career at the Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus. After a brief time playing for Paris FC in 2010, he ended his professional footballer's career in 2011.

Managerial career[]

Then, in 2012 Alioune joined the first league Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua as a coach assistant. In 2013, he pursued his coach training while supervising and detecting young talents in Africa. Finally, he obtained his UEFA A Coaching Licence from the French Football Federation in 2015.