Aïssatou Tounkara (born 16 March 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club

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and the France national team.

Club career

Tounkara started her career at the Buttes Chaumont FC club, where she stayed until the fall of 2008 when she joined the Football Féminin Issy-les-Moulineaux, whose team was then in Division 2 Féminine. In the offseason of 2010, Tounkara joined FCF Juvisy in the Division 1 Féminine. On 10 August 2022, Tounkara joined English Women's Super League side

on a two-year contract.

International career

Youth

She was part of several French youth teams. She debuted for the France U16 team against Norway on 4 July 2011. Tounkara also represented France in many international competitions. In 2012, she was part of the squad that played at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, in which France finished second. In September of the same year, she was called to represent France at the

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in Azerbaijan. Tounkara was a titular along the whole tournament and played the final match in which France defeated North Korea on penalties and became champions. In August 2013, Tounkara traveled to Wales to represent France U19 at the

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. The team did very well, defeating England in the great final and taking the title. In August 2014, Tounkara was called to represent France U20 at the

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in Canada. The French team finished third.

Senior

In 2017, she was part of the squad that represented France at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. She also featured for France at the 2022 UEFA Women's Euro where France reached the semi-finals after being eliminated by Germany.

Personal life

Born in France, Tounkara is of Gambian descent.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Atlético Madrid * Primera División Femenina: 2018–19 *

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France U17 * UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship runner-up:

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* FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup:

France U19 * UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship:

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France * SheBelieves Cup:

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* Tournoi de France:

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Notes

References

External links

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Player's Profile at Foot o Feminin

Player's Profile at Paris FC
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