Alioune Kissima Touré (born 9 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer. He is an

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but can play both as a forward or as a winger.

Playing career

Born in Saint-Denis, Alioune started his career in 1996 with

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and signed his first professional contract in 1997. During his 7 seasons with the club, he became

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winner in 2001 (to which he contributed 15 appearances) and twice a winner of the

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in 1999 and 2000. Alioune Toure was then transferred to

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with whom he won the

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gaining promotion to the

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. In 2002, he signed with

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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

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in 2008. Back in Europe in 2009, he pursued his career at the

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

in Cyprus. After a brief time playing for

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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.

Honours

Club

;Nantes *

: 2000–01 *

: 1998–99, 1999–2000 *

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

;Manchester City *

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: 2001–02 ;Paris Saint-Germain *

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 ...

International

;France * UEFA U19 Football Championship: 1997

References

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Career history
at Voetbal International * 1978 births Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Nantes players Manchester City F.C. players Paris Saint-Germain FC players En Avant Guingamp players U.D. Leiria players French sportspeople of Malian descent French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Olympiakos Nicosia players Paris FC players Men's association football forwards Cypriot Second Division players English Football League players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1970s-stub