Bassala Touré (born 21 February 1976) is a Malian former

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who played at both professional and international levels as a

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Career

Born in

Bamako Bamako is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamak ...

, Touré began his career with hometown club

Stade Malien Stade Malien is a Malian professional Association football, football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful bask ...

, before moving to Morocco to play with

Kawkab Marrakech Kawkab Athletic Club of Marrakesh (; KACM) is a Moroccan professional football (soccer), football club based in Marrakech, Marrakesh. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi. History On 2 May 2023, Kawkab was promoted to ...

. After a spell in Kuwait with Al-Arabi, Touré spent twelve seasons in Greece, playing for Athinaikos, Kerkyra, Levadiakos and

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. Touré earned 69 caps for

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

between 1994 and 2008, including in seven FIFA World Cup qualifying games. He was also a squad member for the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Touré goal.''

References

1976 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Stade Malien players KAC Marrakech players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Athinaikos F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Levadiakos F.C. players Kuwait Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Malian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Malian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 1994 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub