Mamadou Tounkara (footballer, born 2001)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 December 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Épinay-sur-Seine, France | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chaves | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Drancy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Drancy | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Vitória Guimarães B | 50 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Vitória Guimarães | 14 | (0) |
| 2024– | Chaves | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Mali U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Mamadou Tounkara (born 14 December 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves. Born in France, he is a youth international for Mali.
Club career
[edit]A youth product of Drancy, Tounkara began his senior career with them in 2019. On 16 June 2020, he transferred to Vitória SC where he signed a 3-year contract.[2] He spent his first 2 seasons with their reserves.[3] He made his professional debut with Vitória SC as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 Primeira Liga loss to Braga on 3 September 2022.[4] On 10 September 2022, he was promoted to their senior side and renewed his contract until 2025.[5]
On 20 August 2024, Tounkara signed for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Tounkara is of Malian descent.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gigante Tounkara entra na pré-época do V. Guimarães". www.ojogo.pt.
- ^ à 15h54, Par Laurent Pruneta Le 16 juillet 2020 (July 16, 2020). "Football : des terrains de banlieue au Portugal". leparisien.fr.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tounkara: "Será um prazer trabalhar na equipa A"". www.record.pt.
- ^ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Tounkara renova com o V. Guimarães até 2025". www.ojogo.pt.
- ^ @gdchaves1949 (20 August 2024). "L Tounkara, defesa-central de 22 anos, proveniente do Vitória SC, é jogador do GD Chaves em definitivo. O jogador franco-maliano esteve recentemente nos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris. Bem-vindo e boa sorte, Tounkara! #valentestransmontanos" [L Tounkara, a 22-year-old central defender from Vitória SC, is a permanent GD Chaves player. The Franco-Malian player was recently at the Paris Olympic Games. Welcome and good luck, Tounkara! #valentestransmontanos] (Tweet). Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: Missing or empty |number= (help)
- ^ "Mamadou Tounkara : " Ça sera une fierté pour moi, de porter les couleurs du Mali "".
External links
[edit]- Mamadou Tounkara at Soccerway
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- Vitória S.C. players
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