Bassidiki Touré (7 December 1939 – 28 April 2001), commonly known as Bako Touré, was a Mali international

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who played for clubs in

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and France.

Playing career

Born in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

, Touré began playing club football for local sides ASPTT Bamako and Jeanne d'Arc de Bamako. In 1957, Touré moved to France and joined ASPTT Nice. He would soon play for

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sides

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and

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. After a spell playing in

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, he joined

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and would win

during 1965. Touré made several appearances for the senior

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and participated in the

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finals, where Mali placed second.

Personal

Touré is the father of French international and Olympic footballer

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. Touré died at age 61 on 28 April 2001.

References

External links

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Bassidiki TOURE
at OM1899.com 1939 births 2001 deaths Sportspeople from Bamako Association football forwards Malian footballers Malian expatriate footballers Mali international footballers 1972 African Cup of Nations players Olympique de Marseille players Toulouse FC players AS Nancy Lorraine players SC Toulon players Limoges FC players FC Nantes players AC Ajaccio players Blois Football 41 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Expatriate footballers in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Mali-footy-bio-stub